Diwali is a five-day Hindu festival celebrated in India in October or November with lighting, decorations, fireworks, and the victory of good over evil. Loi Krathong is a Thai festival in November where small decorated rafts made of banana leaves and flowers are floated in rivers to thank the gods for the year's blessings.
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Diwali is a five-day Hindu festival celebrated in India in October or November with lighting, decorations, fireworks, and the victory of good over evil. Loi Krathong is a Thai festival in November where small decorated rafts made of banana leaves and flowers are floated in rivers to thank the gods for the year's blessings.
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Diwali is a five-day Hindu festival celebrated in India in October or November with lighting, decorations, fireworks, and the victory of good over evil. Loi Krathong is a Thai festival in November where small decorated rafts made of banana leaves and flowers are floated in rivers to thank the gods for the year's blessings.
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Diwali is a five-day Hindu festival celebrated in India in October or November with lighting, decorations, fireworks, and the victory of good over evil. Loi Krathong is a Thai festival in November where small decorated rafts made of banana leaves and flowers are floated in rivers to thank the gods for the year's blessings.
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Diwali
The festival of lights
Dwali is a significant festival and an official holiday in India. It occurs on the new moon between October 13 and November 14. This festival is celebrated for five days. The third day is the 'Festival of Lights'.
People celebrate lighting diyas (candles) all around their houses. They also decorate their houses with rangoli. Family give presents and dress new clothes!
There are fireworks too!
Diwali is the victory of good over the evil. It is the homecoming of the Hindu god Rama and his victory over the god Ravana. To Hindus, darkness represents ignorance, and light is the knowledge.
Loi Krathong A festival of Light and Water
Loi Krathong is a traditional festival in Thailand. It is celebrated on the full moon of the 12th month in the Thai lunar calendar.
In our calendar this is usually in November. Peoples tradition is to put decorated rafts on the river to thank for the good things on the year.
"Loi" means "to float". "Krathong" is a raft (similar to a small boat). The rafts are traditionally made from banana tree trunks and decorated with banana leaves, flowers, candles, incense sticks, etc.
During the night of the full moon, many people put this small raft on a river. Governmental offices, corporations and other organizations build bigger rafts to participate in contests. There are fireworks and beauty contests during the festival.
People will also let a Khom Fai (hot air paper-balloon) float in the air!
In which country do people celebrate Diwali? What things do people do during the five days of Diwali? For Hindus the darkness represents And the light represents
In which country do people celebrate Loi Krathong? In which month do Thai people celebrate Loi Krathong? What is the meaning of the words: Loi Krathong? What are the materials to make a krathong in Thailand?
Do you know what a rangoli is?
It is a Hindu decoration. People put it on the floor in their homes.
