Diwali Let's Celebrate

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# Can't wait to celebrate

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Oh, hello. Sorry, I just banged my toe.

Hello, Thomas Ticker here... somewhere.

You might be wondering why it's a bit dark here today.

We've a problem with the lights. I'm using these candles.

The festival I've got for you is a festival of light.

It's called Diwali.

My Hindu friend, Jessica, is getting ready to celebrate it.

Let's see what she's up to.

I don't need that, do I?

Hi, my name's Jessica. Tomorrow's Diwali

and we're getting ready to celebrate. Come on.

-Jai shri krishna, Mum.

-Jai shri krishna, Jessica.

-Jai shri krishna, Babu.

-Jai shri krishna, Jessica.

What are you doing?

She's making some diyas which are some candles.

Sometimes, you can get them in decorated pots.

You've got to get the cotton wool, break it all up,

dip your finger in some water

and shape the cotton wool like it's already a bit like a candle.

Then, you have to dip it in the ghee - which is butter - like that.

You dry it off and put it in the decorated diyas.

When it's Diwali, we will light up this candle

and it will look bright around the house.

The word "Diwali" means row of lighted lamps.

'I'm putting the diyas in the window so everybody outside can see them.'

There!

Now it's time to decorate outside.

-Jessica, shall we do the door now?

-Yeah.

-Yeah.

Do you want to put that there?

At the top.

There.

Wow.

Are you excited?

'Next, we have to make the rangoli patterns.

'A rangoli pattern is a colourful design made on the floor

'near the front of the house to welcome guests and bring good luck.'

There we go. All done. It looks so pretty.

I can't wait for my cousins to see this.

I really like Diwali because we get to eat lots and lots of food

and it's really delicious.

Come on, Jessica. Let's make some food.

I'm helping Mum to make pooris.

That's one less job for Mum to do tomorrow.

Pooris are an Indian cracker

made from flour, spices and water.

One, two.

'First, we mix all the ingredients, then roll out the dough.

'Last of all, we fry them in oil.

'Mum's doing that bit.'

There we go, Jessica.

Mmm! 10 out of 10.

-Are they yummy?

-Yeah.

'It's traditional to share sweets at Diwali

'so we're going to a special Indian shop

'where we can buy some for everyone.'

I like this one.

This is called boondi naral ladoo.

Ooh.

What are these?

They are called pedas.

Ooh, is that chocolate?

Yeah. That's the chocolate burfi.

That's made of full-cream milk powder.

Can I have everything?

Do you want a look at what's in the box, Jessica?

Ooh.

-Happy Diwali.

-Thank you. Happy Diwali.

Tomorrow, this whole road will be lit up

and there will be lots of people celebrating Diwali.

These are the traditional Indian clothes

that I'm going to be wearing for Diwali, but first,

I have to have some mendi on my hands.

It's made from herbs and we use it to draw patterns on our skin.

-Indian people are always excited when Diwali comes.

-Are they?

-Yeah.

And make the house nice.

-You put lines around it so it's like a sun.

-Yeah.

There, all finished. They look great.

Can't wait for the celebration tomorrow. Bye!

Thanks, Jessica.

I think those mendi patterns on your hands look fantastic.

I'm using my hands to make some shadows.

Hey-hey!

Can you see what it is, Sprocket? Ah!

Now it's time to see some more shadows to tell us a story.

A story that some Hindus remember during Diwali.

# Celebrate! #

There was once a prince called Rama and his wife Sita.

There was also a wicked king, Ravana,

who was a great and powerful demon.

He had 10 heads and 20 arms!

And he took Sita away from Rama, where she couldn't be found.

Rama set of in search of Sita.

On the way, he was helped by all the animals of the forest.

A monkey called Hanuman became Rama's friend.

Hanuman was no ordinary monkey.

He had the power to fly over mountains.

And across oceans!

After searching for many days and nights,

Hanuman finally found Sita,

imprisoned in one of Ravana's beautiful gardens.

Rama fought Ravana to get his wife back.

The battle went on for days,

until finally Rama used a special arrow, given to him by the Gods,

and shot Ravana in the chest.

Rama and Sita were together again and they decided to return home.

By the time they got back, it was the middle of the night,

but the entire kingdom celebrated their return by decorating the city

with flowers and lamps to show them the way home.

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So Rama and Sita followed the lights to find their way home.

I wonder what'll happen if we follow the lights in here.

Let's see. They're leading us along the table and up along the shelf.

Along the wall and up to the light switch!

Which is off.

Aha! They weren't broken after all, I just forgot to turn them on.

And now we need the lights off again

so we can see the Diwali celebrations.

Hello! It's Diwali.

Look at my traditional clothes - don't they look great?

Mum's lit all the diyas and Mum's busy cooking all the delicious food

that I can't wait to have.

And my cousins are coming round!

ALL: Happy Diwali!

-I like your rangolis!

-Thank you.

Come inside, I'll show you the diyas.

-Look, look at these ones.

-Wow!

-How many different shapes can you see?

-Lots.

We've got lots of very unusual shapes.

I can see lots of circles.

Today's a special day for you, isn't it?

Yeah, cos it's your first time to the temple!

The temple is decorated with lights at Diwali.

There are statues of the gods.

We pray and leave money for them.

BELL RINGS

Before we have dinner, we have a temple at home

where we can pray to our gods.

Oh, yummy food today!

-Yeah!

-Nice, nice!

-OK, one second.

-Oh, yes! My favourite!

Is it nice, Jassi?

-Could I have a puri, please?

-Good girl!

-There you go.

-Thank you, Mum.

Mum, I'm having rice.

Happy Diwali, Jessica!

Happy Diwali, Mum!

At Diwali, it's traditional to be given gifts and sweets.

It's getting dark and the diyas are beautiful.

Happy Diwali, Jassi.

There's a big Diwali celebration so we've wrapped up warm

to go and join in the celebrations.

Do you remember we bought our sweets here?

Look at the whole street lit up now.

All the shops are very busy and there's loads of people here.

The celebrations finish with some of the brightest lights of all -

fireworks!

Wow!

My cousins look so excited!

That is amazing!

They're shooting up!

CROWD GASPS

Yay!

Wow, that was amazing!

I hope you enjoyed the Diwali celebrations.

-It's great to celebrate.

-ALL:

-Bye!

O-ho! Didn't those fireworks look amazing?

I love a party that goes with a bang.

And speaking of parties, it's time to get my jacket on

and head outside. He-hey!

# Can't wait to celebrate

# It's great to celebrate

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# We're so excited cos it's gonna be

# A party time for all our friends and family

# We're getting ready, we'll have so much fun

# So come and join in, everyone

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# So jump to your feet

# And dance with us

-# Clap your hands and cheer

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