What is Diwali?

People around the world are lighting fireworks and dressing up their homes with colourful decor and candles for Diwali, the festival of lights. Here is why people celebrate Diwali around the world.
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[@jamiirali1]

Happy divali to India and indians globally! 🙏namaste.

[@hellocreep8986]

Thanks 🤩

[@arikween9207]

Thank you and sending you love from India❤❤

[@jamiirali1]

@@hellocreep8986 🙏

[@jamiirali1]

@@arikween9207 🙏

[@ujjalmandal9974]

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[@jptrainor]

What Global missed: It's a harvest festival that falls on the first new moon of the Hindu calendar month Kartik. The new moon is the darkest night of the month. So harvest is done, the new moon arrives, time to celebrate, and around that evolves religious tradition. Westerners should not confuse the darkest night of the month with the longest night of the year (solstice, Dec 21). There's one darkest night in each lunar month. There's one longest night in each solar year. Confused me at first, when I first read "darkest night" in association with Diwali. So Diwali is the darkest night in a specific month of the Hindu calendar, which is a lunar, not solar, calendar hence the exact day changes year to year when expressed using the Gregorian (solar!) calendar that is in common use today.

[@an.j3588]

Hi is there any relation with dasara and deepavali

[@devendratiwari262]

All is right it's all about own perception but it's most famous for ram back from exile

[@yourfriendlyneighborhoodin1559]

How do you get to hell? Very simple: claim that you're innocent. How do you get to heaven? Very simple: Admit that you're not Innocent, you're guilty and ask for mercy. How to know if you're guilty or not? Simply: Compare your life to the Ten Commandments God gave you in the Bible. Everyone agrees that if people followed the ten commandments there would be no need for governments or police. Do not lie. Do not steal. Do not commit adultery. Do not insult God by using his name as a cuss word. There are six more but let's just leave it at that. How many lies have you told in your life? Have you ever taken anything that didn't belong to you? Jesus said, if you look at a women lustfully you've already committed adultery in your heart with that woman. How many times a day do you do that? Do you use God's name as a cuss word? Would you do that with your own mother's name? If you answer these questions honestly you know that you're guilty. God can justly punish you and send you to hell. Ask him for mercy. His name is Jesus. It's as simple as this, The Ten Commandments are called the moral law. You and I broke God's laws. Jesus paid the fine. The fine is death. Ezekiel 18:20 - "The soul who sins shall die. That's why Jesus had to die on the cross for our sins. This is why God is able to give us Mercy. Option A. You die for your own sins. Option B. Ask for mercy and accept that Jesus died on the cross for you. ❤ *Honest questions are welcome.*

[@yourfriendlyneighborhoodin1559]

@@arunimasingh6114 Which one of the hundreds of thousands of Hindu gods created all the other god? Open and honest dialogue is welcome.

[@yourfriendlyneighborhoodin1559]

@@arunimasingh6114 Cause and effect, creator and creation. These are a basic principle that everyone lives by on a daily basis. We don't need to even begin to talk about religion to know this for sure. So, I will ask the question again in different words. Were the Hindu gods created or are they eternal, without beginning?

[@tarun_sharma9]

Diwali is not just celebration of stories it has something very deep mysterious and powerful reason. The night of diwali is used by many occults to attract materialistic stuffs and powers, this day has the immense power to convert thoughts into reality, that too for enternal life. It's not just about victory of good over evil, this day is the most powerful portal to connect with the most divine power of universe 'shri'

[@chrisbessey358]

And it’s my birthday this year too! Woo! To new beginnings and a new year of light over darkness.

[@prafullachaudhari7018]

Bro Diwali is data not same every year it changes according hindu calendar.

[@chrisbessey358]

PRAFULLA CHAUDHARI Yes, but this year it happened to land on my birthday.

[@diwakarundercover5443]

Happy birthday 🎉

[@nick63837]

love indian culture ..please keep it up

[@maratha7481]

Happy Diwali Brother

[@googleuser7100]

It’s not just Indian

[@infoindia1838]

Happy Diwali to everyone. From india🇮🇳🔥🌸💕

[@divyasachdeva2210]

Happy Diwali :)

[@AlexiaStm]

Happy Diwali!

[@contenthummer4980]

Rejoice in celebration enjoy the lights and all the goodies Let victory of light be over darkness, in all our homes and the goddess of wealth shower her blessings on all of us

[@debabratasahoo6665]

Buddhism,jainism and Sikh are the origin from our Hinduism and all 4 religion people respect each other in India

[@prabhjotbaasi1520]

🧢 religions respect each other but they are not same. Also, they aren’t originated from Hinduism.

[@mtmovie3319]

@Rishit Jain sarswati shishu madir me study kiya hai maine, aur usko operate karne wale jain muni's the, mai bhi bahut acche se jaanta hu jain , Hindu sact hai Sanatan Dharma ka

[@mtmovie3319]

@@prabhjotbaasi1520 guru nanak Shahib ke Father mother,guru kon the tumhe pata hai?

[@takemichi6870]

JAINISM is a separate religion it didn't came from Hinduism 🤦‍♂️ There is lack of information to so many of my Hindu friends it's crazy like not knowing the basic details about One of the Major Indian religion

[@KennyOmegasCavity]

But all them originated from isIam. AIIah swt created Adam and Hawah/eve. Unfortunately many of his children lost their ways. Which is why AIIah sent prophets like Ibrahim, nooh/noah, Moses/Musa etc.

[@Freeman-uk2xn]

This is my Bharat(India) Eastern philosophy is best

[@rodriguezfamily5875]

I love this video because I understand 😎

[@reshmasingh698]

Hindus werecelebrating lutchmi pooja and lord Raam, maatha Sita n lord lutchman was returning from exile So it became a double celebration for Hindus We Hindus still do our lutchmi pooja on Diwali day n the coming home of lord Raam, maatha Sita n lutchman

[@ravindertalwar553]

HAPPY DIWALI TO ALL IN THE GLOBAL WORLD BASED ON FRIENDSHIP, MUTUAL UNDERSTANDING, PEACEFUL COEXISTENCE,NON VIOLENCE AND JUSTICE FOR ALL

[@magdalenacamay3649]

Wow amazing i want to go there in india🙏

[@prachi940]

You should absolutely visit india at least once you will enjoy there's cultures very much

[@herokhyani8726]

🙏Ram Ram ji🙏 ❤😊Happy diwali to all of you and shri Ram ji always bless you😊😊

[@ormint7117]

शुभ दीपावली। आपका जीवन रोशनी से भरा रहे।

[@YashSharma-zp8yu]

Are you from India?

[@shofindo2350]

Rest in peace grandpa kitchen!!!😣😭😢😢

[@brendabest9086]

Well this was enlightening 😂😂

[@watchme7076]

Thanks you 🙏

[@yatinstory]

My family and I uploaded a video of us giving out sweets on Diwali!

[@konradpawlik6792]

Cool. What's your yt channel then i will see!!!

[@lynb2039]

Neat! What are the most popular treats for children during Diwali? Also, do Indian children like cookies? What are their top favorites? We are planning our first Diwali for kids. Thanks.

[@aakash1643]

@@lynb2039 Usually Indians won't prefer cookies during Diwali festival,We Prefer Desserts,Milk sweets and Ghee sweets.

[@devendratiwari262]

@@aakash1643 indian like all from cookies to chena mithai we love all

[@YashSharma-zp8yu]

@@lynb2039 Are you foreigner Hindu?

[@ravindertalwar553]

CONGRATULATIONS 👏👏 AND PRAYERS 🙏🙏🙏🙏❤️ BY RAVINDER TALWAR JALANDHAR CITY PUNJAB INDIA

[@Cursed_Mark]

So put on your saree It's time to celebrate Diwali

[@joshiharsh1943]

@PRISON MIKE what ?

[@akshatjindal6012]

@@joshiharsh1943 he is making a refrence to a popular show the office in which the mean lead sang a song in the show on diwali festival

[@YashSharma-zp8yu]

How do you know about Saree?

[@user-wq3gw1lg6f]

deepavali isnt just used to celebrate ram's return to ajodhya . bengalis celebrate it as kali pujo

[@joemommasvids]

Michael Scott sent me here.

[@vatsal_1705]

Happy Diwali!!🪔🥳🤗

[@nycnyc9921]

Good Lord fist time I heard about this one.We should get a day off for this one also.

[@armaansekhon1842]

happy dilawi everybody from india

[@sleepytwiggaming]

I just received some snack bags from my neighbors. Happy Diwali 🪔

[@tinamcbride5423]

thanks for this video

[@zacthegamer6145]

Happy Diwali everyone

[@suttakadhaidhan4724]

T20crackers on your DoorSteps "Advance Happy Diwali"

[@HIMALI_Boy]

Happy tiharw 🎉❤❤❤.

[@rodriguezfamily5875]

Wow oooo Do you umm ... trust in god if u trust in god god bless you ! Cheers ☕️

[@rodriguezfamily5875]

Bless you all around the world and planet 🙏🏻 bless you all that are watching this video I hope. You are all save god bless you pray and read the Bible

[@rodriguezfamily5875]

I love you all the wonderful people that are there waiting until god comes bless you 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻❤️

[@colinsellers1143]

Its when people light off fireworks at 330am on a week night

[@somdattsingh5058]

Nice

[@jomolololo4398]

Hinduism is the daddy religion to the other 3

[@jomolololo4398]

@shaking like tremolo you seem to think eating beef hurts feelings , people can eat whatever they want , we arent muslims here

[@maida4608]

@@jomolololo4398 Lmfao really had to bring muslims into this??😂😂😂😂

[@YashSharma-zp8yu]

Are you from India?

[@jamesstevenson7725]

Correction, Hindus celebrate Diwali. The other mentioned religions celebrate totally different holidays. For whatever reason the term Diwali is mistakenly given to their celebration as well. Kind of like using the name Christmas for the Muslim and Jewish holidays that are celebrated at the same time

[@dev786ish]

Why being so racist...???! Does in usa celebrating christmas is a compulsion??? No. Then why you saying its not your festival. Its indian festival damn right. And tou must feel proud of it

[@arpitpatra]

Yeah. These othr religion dont see diwali as their main festival. Diwali us mostly a hindu festival

[@googleuser7100]

Correct!

[@googleuser7100]

@@dev786ish how is he being racist? The truth is racist to you guys somehow

[@Yslmorgz]

Best video

[@GuruDatta369]

🔥

[@sureshmistral5057]

Vanakam da mapla iam from tamilnadu

[@Zoinkest2]

I am indian

[@ashwabisaikia6800]

I'm an Indian too..I know how it feels when people say those things..I'm proud of my world bt not Everytime..here people don't use black colour in Holi.. many people outside india thinks Holi is a very good festival" celebrating colours".. Bt that's not the actual senerio..they do play Holi with all the colours except for black.. Sry I said they do..bt I do it too..even if I don't.. True Holi would be celebrating every colour including Holi..

[@bawasobti6391]

why bring race into everything

[@ashwabisaikia6800]

@@bawasobti6391 hey..bawa how could you say that race is being into everything...the comment..is a fact.. U might not feel bt there is this..thing Can u say why we don't use black colour to play Holi..when Holi also symbolises unity..by playing with different colors..then how can black be left out..it's also a colour..?? U know it's not just about colour..the fact is that a simple thing colour of one's skin..which actually is not a thing to debate or think about..bt it's coming out now..just because this thing which actually should not matter is affecting people's life.. people were and are dieing Because of the hate towards black people..just because of their skin colour..see history u will know better..ND also some present news. This hate towards..black people is also greatly because of the representation of evil with black or other deep colours ..what will children learn when..from young age when they get to see black colour as the colour of evil... Look in this video it said "victory of light over dark, good over evil" No..why is this like this why can't they just say victory of good over evil..why evil means dark ND why dark means mostly black..why.. U Know this type of representation makes me feel my colour is not good enough.. It's a small thing bt the way..small droplets of water makes a mighty ocean..in the same way this small things are making huge problems.. Rather than trying to fight in the comment section check some news about BLM..south Africa ND see how it actually feels when people represent the colour of your skin..a part of u that u are born with ND u love..is represented as evil..

[@ashwabisaikia6800]

@@bawasobti6391 also see my other comments..if u have any queries..

[@akashchandrakar8798]

Even white colour is also not used if u r Indian u must know it.And the colour selection is on u,no one force u used this that colour.U can use what u want,n stop bringing black white topic on every thing.I m also black belong to a tribal community of Chhattisgarh India n I hv never ever feel offend on holi colours.

[@VSM101]

technically, black and white are not colors, they're shades. Also Kali Puja debunks this entire Idea proposed by you lmao

[@rodriguezfamily5875]

Hello hola how are you

[@ashwabisaikia6800]

People should stop believing dark colour to be evil Evil is evil..good is good. Stop representing evil with dark colours.. Let the new generation know ..it's high time know..

[@ashwabisaikia6800]

@Snigdha Joshi why???

[@ashwabisaikia6800]

@Snigdha Joshi see my other comments..u will know what I meant nd.. replied to someone with a similar comment like u..

[@GhostXRizz]

@@ashwabisaikia6800 in diwali it is celebrated victory of lord Rama who had dark skin tone himself over ravana

[@konradpawlik6792]

When is Diwali??? I have no clue as I am not those religions who celebrate Diwali.

[@aakash1643]

Diwali usually falls in the month of October or November.This year it will be celebrated on November 14.

[@luvstylzwellneszstyling]

This Friday 🤗

[@shanepascual2306]

@@aakash1643 how many days do u celebrate diwali?.

[@aakash1643]

@@shanepascual2306 5 days

[@anjalinaa9818]

i do diwali 🪔!!!

[@YashSharma-zp8yu]

Are you Indian?

[@impix9083]

2020?

[@hellocreep8986]

🙋

[@nanditarawat6092]

Good

[@zacharythomas5839]

Looks fun. Wish I had some Indian blood me.

[@YashSharma-zp8yu]

Do you have aryan blood?

[@zacharythomas5839]

@@YashSharma-zp8yu no just boring American B positive blood.

[@YashSharma-zp8yu]

@@zacharythomas5839 Haha! Ameican is not an ethnicity you know. Btw I am Indo aryan from North Western India and I have one of the rarest blood in the world i.e. AB+ same as my mother. I can take blood from every blood group and donate to only mine blood group. My father blood group is also B+.

[@zacharythomas5839]

@@YashSharma-zp8yu Yes, I am a mixed mutt of a human. The most I have is Polish, but German, Turkish, Czech, and others. Wow that's awesome with your blood type. I am going to start given blood. My friend who is from Punjabi swears that giving blood is one of the healthiest things a human can do. Like an oil change but we obviously regenerate our own oil lol.

[@NCL_EditsSSC]

M

[@ashwabisaikia6800]

The thing which actually hurted me was the "light over dark, the victory of good over bad" means dark =bad, dark=mostly represented with black or some other dark colours.. and people call me dark cz I have deep complexion..now what does that mean.. Note..their is no hate towards black people or people of colour.. in this video..if u have any queries check my other comments..u will know what I tried to say..it's a simple fact

[@bswaminarayan]

In this context darkness means ignorance, not the color. I hope people don't see racism in a very positive message like Diwali.

[@ashwabisaikia6800]

Of course.. Diwali is pure..bt tell me a colour which represent dark.. isn't is black ND the deep colours.. I think u didn't understand I meant Diwali is great.. In this video the sentence should just be victory of good over evil ...ND not light over dark..read it properly.. Our children are taught wrong things from childhood ..like this.. everyone loves Diwali ND so the children too.. The fact that most of cultures..ND movies or other stuff.. represents..evil with dark colour should be stopped so that they could know that black is a beautiful colour..like white..

[@ashwabisaikia6800]

Darkness means ignorance..darkness is evil..(as u said) and When Someone Ask What Does Dark Look like Ans=== Something which is black or other deep colours.. Am I wrong..first ask urself..is it right to not accept the truth ND deny to change.. It's high time now.. Stop representing evil with dark colours ND good with light ones.. Accept that people do mistakes ND they did and now it's time to correct..

[@rajkiran1982]

@@ashwabisaikia6800 why does everything has to be related to skin color ? We also universally have red as danger.. do u have problems with that too ?

[@rahulchaudhary7872]

Are you that naive to believe it was about people's colour , seek help

[@diwali1044]

my name is Diwali :/ how am i suppose to react ?

[@emmadoyler]

embrace the fact that it's as unique as it is. if your name is meant to mean something else, take pride in the fact that there can be 2 meanings to it too

[@YashSharma-zp8yu]

How your name is Diwali, are you from India?

[@diwali1044]

@@YashSharma-zp8yu im actually from Quebec in Canada

[@YashSharma-zp8yu]

@@diwali1044 Your name Diwali is from which language, do you speak French?

[@diwali1044]

@@YashSharma-zp8yu yeah I do speak French, I’m French Canadian

[@user-wt5vr2qv1o]

But for what rasons indian muslims celebrate diwali cansomeone explain

[@jayrobinson485]

Who cares???

[@jackeboi6289]

me and the over 1 billion Hindus who celebrate

[@rjclue2630]

What a low life 😅

[@BSDETECTORR]

You ought to know... BTW most Canadians don't care about political strife in India... Sure Indian Canadians can celebrate their mother culture here, but the vast majority of other Canadians are uninterested. So who cares?

[@PriyankaSingh0208]

​@@jackeboi6289who cares about you and your 1 billion people ?

[@user-oy5bf1vz5c]

When this biased news channel be banned in India along with BBC , france 24 english , DW etc all biased partial and discriminated news channels against india should be banned in india

[@Ayoub_krs]

Qui est la pdt un cours d’anglais

[@IzzoDaGOAT]

vvvv

[@14apurvraj90]

So wrong with your information

[@konradpawlik6792]

I have a Question. Who celebrates Diwali in England, France or India???

[@YashSharma-zp8yu]

@AveryyRoblox Are you from India?

[@mausamghosh5314]

Thanks for this video! But when did Diwali become a five day festival? You need to get the facts right. Diwali, or Deepawali (deep means a lamp; referred to as an earthen lamp lit using traditional Indian oil) is, as the name suggests, a festival of lights celebrated to mark "the day" Shri Ram returned to his home in Ayodhya.

[@yourfriendlyneighborhoodin1559]

How do you get to hell? Very simple: claim that you're innocent. How do you get to heaven? Very simple: Admit that you're not Innocent, you're guilty and ask for mercy. How to know if you're guilty or not? Simply: Compare your life to the Ten Commandments God gave you in the Bible. Everyone agrees that if people followed the ten commandments there would be no need for governments or police. Do not lie. Do not steal. Do not commit adultery. Do not insult God by using his name as a cuss word. There are six more but let's just leave it at that. How many lies have you told in your life? Have you ever taken anything that didn't belong to you? Jesus said, if you look at a women lustfully you've already committed adultery in your heart with that woman. How many times a day do you do that? Do you use God's name as a cuss word? Would you do that with your own mother's name? If you answer these questions honestly you know that you're guilty. God can justly punish you and send you to hell. Ask him for mercy. His name is Jesus. It's as simple as this, The Ten Commandments are called the moral law. You and I broke God's laws. Jesus paid the fine. The fine is death. Ezekiel 18:20 - "The soul who sins shall die. That's why Jesus had to die on the cross for our sins. This is why God is able to give us Mercy. Option A. You die for your own sins. Option B. Ask for mercy and accept that Jesus died on the cross for you []

[@TheGoldenDogOfficial]

Why so insecure, why not using your ears to listen and learn?

[@TheGoldenDogOfficial]

Hindus accept jesus as holy. Jesus is one of the greatest

[@yourfriendlyneighborhoodin1559]

@@TheGoldenDogOfficial Jesus is the exclusive God of all things. Hindus have over 300,000 gods.

[@TheGoldenDogOfficial]

@@yourfriendlyneighborhoodin1559 lol we have one god, you clearly have no knowledge of our faith

[@TheGoldenDogOfficial]

@@yourfriendlyneighborhoodin1559 your faith cannot even accept someone for being non-Christian

[@saeed_1816]

استاذذذذ محمود انا سلطان الشماسي

[@mohakgarg1074]

O u this is totally wrong

[@yagirlskyunmotivatedroadto1834]

:D B)

[@GazBobArt]

What is Diwali? its a cult.

[@TheGoldenDogOfficial]

It is not a cult.

[@GazBobArt]

@@TheGoldenDogOfficial All religions started as cults, because thats exactly what they are.

[@monishankumar3748]

Its not sanskrit, its from Tamil 🤦🏽‍♀️

[@bayharborbutcher8939]

Tamil people are arrogant asf

[@jays5926]

BayHarborButcher Yup

[@darko8894]

@@bayharborbutcher8939 some of them doesn't even think ram is their god they used ravana leela instead of RAM Leela 😁

[@monishankumar3748]

To the ignorant idiots commenting here, Diwali is a corrupted word which has origins from Tamil words dhee(fire), and vali(rows). Tamil is the only dravidian language having Dhee as a root word for fire. Sanskrit doesn’t have it, nor does Hindi. If you wanna know the etymology, break up the word u idiots.

[@monishankumar3748]

govind b lol. Speaks someone who doesn’t know Tamilnadu has a place called Rameshwaram where Lord Ram built the bridge. So curb ur ignorance before commenting

[@mendezfocus]

What do they have in common is that the owner of them every single one of them is pagan remember this come from India India happens to be the most pagan country on the whole planet even though they put sugar on top with whipped cream and vegetables and fruits nice thing sounds great no is pagan pagan pagan pagan pagan pagan pagan.

[@TheGoldenDogOfficial]

Bro islam is 1400 years Christianity is 2000 And hindu is 10000

[@TheGoldenDogOfficial]

Dont even know of our faith only wanna promote and badmouth. Delete this comment

[@F2pplayer001]

Converting to Buddhism lol?? Ahsoka was budhist when he wage a war with Kalinga and saw killings? Its a fail narrative by our secular gang to make people give up santana dharma. Your quoting stuff from "Ashoka the Great" by Wytze Keuning, which is a fictional biography of the emperor Ashoka.

[@KennyOmegasCavity]

Astagfirullah la hawla wala quata illa billah.

[@TheGoldenDogOfficial]

Have happy being insecure!

[@shivkumarsinghsingh2900]

Nice