Diwali at Denman

07/11/2021

We are going ahead with the Diwali@Denman picnic event at Ridgeline Park from 6-8 pm tonight. Bring a picnic rug, share Indian sweets and snacks, play with sparklers, listen to Indian music and light some candles! Activity sheets for the kids!

07/11/2021

Dear friends

While the weather forecast is not looking great we are still hoping for the best (given that it is looking great outside now) and going ahead with the Diwali@Denman picnic event at Ridgeline Park from 6pm - 8pm this evening. However please check back here at 5.15pm for confirmation in case the weather takes a turn for the worse.

05/11/2021

One of the reasons that Diwali is celebrated is to mark the victory of Rama and his army over the evil Ravana and his return to his homeland to become King, as described in the Ramayana. The Ramayana is one of the largest ancient epics in world literature and is one of the two major Sanskrit epics of ancient India. It consists of nearly 24,000 verses. The epic, narrates the life of Rama, a legendary prince of Ayodhya city in the kingdom of Kosala and follows his fourteen-year exile to the forest urged by his father King Dasharatha, on the request of Rama's stepmother Kaikeyi; his travels across forests in the Indian subcontinent with his wife Sita and brother Lakshmana, the kidnapping of Sita by Ravana – the king of Lanka, that resulted in war; and Rama's eventual return to Ayodhya to be crowned king amidst jubilation and celebration. The characters Rama, Sita, Lakshmana, Bharata, Hanuman, and Ravana are all part of the cultural consciousness of the South Asian nations of India, Nepal, Sri Lanka and the South-East Asian countries of Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand. Its most important moral message is the importance of virtue, in the life of a citizen and in the ideals of the formation of a state or of a functioning society.

You and the kids can watch an animation version of the Ramayana at the following link:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=UA2BYSivPXA&t=1756s

Join us on Sunday 7 November from 6 – 8 PM for a Diwali picnic, share Indian sweets and snacks, light candles, admire rangolis and play with sparklers!

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03/11/2021

Happy Diwali to everyone! May this Diwali bring you happiness, wisdom, prosperity and good health.

Diwali celebrations see Indian families get busy preparing delicious sweets, snacks and food to share with family, friends, relatives and neighbours. Sweets are an integral part of any Indian celebration and no celebration is complete without it. Many Indian sweets are fried foods made with sugar, milk or condensed milk. Ingredients and preferred types of sweets vary by region. In the eastern part of India, for example, most are based on milk products. Many are flavoured with almonds and pistachios, spiced with cardamon, nutmeg, cloves and black pepper, and decorated with nuts, or with gold or silver leaf. Indian sweets come in a variety of colours, textures and shapes

While most Indian families will make sweets at home for Diwali, you can also buy them at major Indian grocery shops, including Ajijo in Coombs. Why don’t you follow the simple recipe at the following link and try making some at home!

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=GWfU93hcAtsp

Join us for a Diwali picnic on Sunday 7 November at Ridgeline Park and share Indian sweets and snacks!

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03/11/2021

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02/11/2021

One of the highlights of Diwali celebrations is the making of rangolis. Rangoli is an art form originating in the Indian subcontinent, in which patterns are created at the entrance of a house, on the floor or a tabletop using materials such as chalk, powdered lime stone, red ochre, dry rice flour, coloured sand, quartz powder, flower petals, and coloured rocks. The rangoli represents the happiness, positivity and liveliness of a household, and is intended to welcome Lakshmi, the goddess of wealth and good luck. The rangoli's most important element is being colourful. Rangoli designs can be simple geometric shapes, depictions of deities, or flower and petal shapes appropriate to the given celebrations. There are modern and traditional rangoli designs. The designs are usually inspired by nature, but they can also be in the form of abstract art.

Apart from using chalk and other materials such as coloured sand, you can use rangoli powder which can be bought from most Indian grocery shops, including Ajijo in Coombs.

Make a rangoli at your home and send us photos to win a $20 shopping voucher to shop at Ajijo.

Join us on Sunday 7 November at Ridgeline Park from 6:00pm for a Diwali picnic and see some beautiful rangolis!

You can find information on Youtube on how to make a rangoli including this video:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=RceHo8-0OuU

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01/11/2021

Thursday 4 November is Diwali, the festival of lights celebrated by Hindus around the world. On this day, Hindus celebrate Diwali by praying to the almighty for the light of knowledge and truth to dispel ignorance and suffering from our lives. Celebrations involve the lighting of lamps and candles and sharing of sweets and snacks with friends, relatives and neighbours. Diwali is a celebration of the victory of good over evil and of hope over despair. We have lived with some darkness and despair this year and so on this Diwali we will give thanks for the light of hope in our lives and pray that our families, communities, nation and world are blessed wirh prosperity, peace and good health.

Everyday this week, we will share something about Diwali celebrations.

Join us on Sunday 7 November at Ridgeline Park from 6-8pm for a Diwali picnic!