My Tihar
Experience
Tihar is a
festival celebrated by Hindus. In this festival we lighten our house and clean
it. Among the Newars, it is popularly known as Deepawali or Swanti. The festival is celebrated from
Trayodashi of Kartik Krishna to Kartik Shukla Dwitiya every year. Tihar in
general signifies the festival of lights, where diyas are lit both inside and outside the houses to make it
illuminate at night. The five-day festival is considered to be of great
importance as it shows reverence to not just the humans and the Gods, but also
to the animals like crows, cows and dogs who maintain an intense relationship
with humans.
I also celebrated Tihar
with great enjoyment. It was very fun to clean and lighten our houses. I enjoyed
it a lot. I love this festival because in this festival everywhere there is
clean and green surroundings and everywhere there is lights and it’s very
bright.
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| Rangoli of my house |
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| maha puja |
In third day of Tihar
I worshipped goddess Laxmi. In this day I helped my mother to clean the house. I also made Rangoli. The
fourth day is popularly known as ‘Goverdhan Puja’ for others but for Newars it
is especially known as ‘Maha Puja’. In this day we worship ourselves. So my
grandmother did that. She worshipped all the family members and gave us sweets
and fruits to eat.
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| things i gave to my brothers |
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| Bhai Tika |
On fifth day,
popularly known as ‘Bhai tika’ I worshipped my brothers. I gave them fruits and
some sweets and they gave some money. I collected almost Rs 2000 in total. So this Tihar I enjoyed a lot.
my brothers after Bhai Tika
