MY FAVOURITE FESTIVAL- DIWALI

        MY FAVOURITE FESTIVAL- DIWALI 

               My favourite festival is Diwali. Diwali is the Hindus' greatest festival. It is celebrated in the month of Ashwin. The festival lasts for five days. It is the festival of lights. People clean and decorate their houses for this festival. They get up early and take holy baths with scented oil. At night every house looks beautiful with rows of lights. Women draw rangoli designs before their doors. They make sweets. Children are the happiest. They get new clothes and sweets. They let off crackers at night. They have a long holiday. On the New Years Day people send greeting cards to friends and relatives. They wish one another a Happy Diwali and Happy New Year. The rich and the poor, the old and the young and men and women are all very happy. They forget their woes and worries. The whole atmosphere is full of joy and merriment.