Festival of Light

Firstly, Happy Deepavali to everyone! Deepavali is a major Indian festival- also known as the Festival of light. It is celebrated by Hindu's, Sikh's, and Jains across the globe. But because Malaysia is a multiracial country, it's celebrated by all Malaysians. We are not Chinese, Indian, Malay, Bidayuh etc.. We are Malaysians! I enjoy festivals as such, 1. because holiday! 2. open house 3. it brings us closer.
My favourite part of deepavali is Muruku! I dont know if I spelled it right, but it rocks! If I'm not mistaken, this day is to celebrate victory over evil and the uplifitng of spiritual darkness. That's probably why it's celebrated so "meriah". But then again, what's a celebration if it's not happening? On the festival of light, people celebrate by decorating their homes with lights, they have fireworks, and also have open houses(gathering of family and friends) .
Apart from serving awesome food, the gathering they have is to bring friends and family closer. It's really a great way to strengthen relationships,repair broken ones and also build new ones. Celebrations in Malaysia is beyond holding just one culture together. This is one of the ways we can overcome racial issues. It helps us see that we may be different in skin colour but we are all the same. We should treat each other with the same level of respect despite differences in race and culture. With that, I end this post by saying that all celebrations in this country rocks!
-Peace-