Festival of Diwali

Every year my parents and I celebrate Diwali, or The Festival of Lights, as some people call it. This celebration where people light candles and set them around the house to signify victory of good over evil. The festival last five days occurs during October or November.

We invite people from the Indian Embassy, friends, and family to come and enjoy Diwali with us. At the party, everybody is drinks and munches on snacks, the children watching a movie and the teenagers play Wii.

A few hours later, our parents call us down for dinner. Everyone comes ready to eat some hot Indian food. We have yellow rice, spicy chicken, beans, and much more. Then come the desserts: Gulab Janum, ice cream, chocolate chip brownies and more.

At last, we have the fireworks where everyone comes outside to enjoy them. We have rockets, volcanoes, sparkles, butterflies and pops. We stay up all the night watching the fireworks, adults supervising the children while kids laugh with joy.

As the night’s end, people are getting ready to go home but some might stay for a sleepover. My family and I start to say Happy Diwali and New Year to those that are leaving. We start to get ready to help clean the place, blow out the candles, and throw all the fireworks away.