India is a unique country with a thousand years of history and culture. Homeland to the ancient Indus Valley Civilization and four religions Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, and Sikhism are originally from India. One of the most colorful and happiest festival Diwali takes part in India every autumn. Diwali is an important festival that is celebrated by the Hindus, Sikhs, Jains, and some Buddhists. It's also known as the festival of light. Every autumn the date of this holiday is calculated by the Hindu Luni-solar calendar. There are so many curious facts about Diwali. Here are some of them. The main idea of the festival is the victory of light over darkness and good over evil. Celebrated over five days, Diwali became the biggest and the brightest festival in India and South Asia. Before Diwali all people should clean and renovate their houses and offices and make them spotless. Even in businesses it's the time to start a new accounting book. People dress up in their best outfits. It's time for the biggest shopping season in India, so usually people buy new clothes, home stuff, jewelries, gifts for family members and other purchases. Oil and light lamps are lit up in high numbers everywhere, at homes and outside them. Huge amount of lamps makes India clearly visible from Space! On these days people wish each other an “auspicious Diwali”. This phrase is widely used by Hindus. More than one billion dollars is the total cost of the firecrackers. Now many people protest against such amount of money spending on Diwali, because this money could be used for other purposes, like better health care and education Diwali is the festival everybody must see, even once in a life, to feel this energy of lights and positive emotions!
