Diwali Festival – – Divya @ Hornby High

Hello everybody!

Today in music class we have been learning about the Indian light festival “Diwali”, also known as . Diwali also known Dipawali. I am going to introduce you to Diwali and explain all the important information about it in this blog using the questions prepared by our music teacher.

Important Questions About Diwali –

1.What is the Diwali festival?

Answer: Diwali is one of the most important and biggest festivals in India. In the western calendar, Diwali usually occurs sometime in between October and November. The Diwali festival celebrates the start of a brand new beginning, the victory of good over devilishness, the success of light over darkness and sometimes a great harvest along with the new year festivities. In the southern part of India, Diwali mainly celebrates the day the courageous Lord Krishna triumph over the horrifying demon Narakasura. In the northern part of India, Diwali mainly celebrates the legend of mighty King Rama’s arrival to Ayodhya after his prevail over the savage demon king Ravana.

2. What kind of music is performed at this festival?

Answer: There are many kinds of music performed in Diwali festivals, people mainly perform aarti and or Bollywood songs in celebrations.

3. What kind of dance is performed at this festival?

Answer: The kind of dance that’s mainly performed in the Dewali festivals is Odissi dance, this dance is from one of the 8 different types of Indian Classical Dance forms.

4. Can you find any Indian musical instruments, what do they look like?

Answer: 5 Indian musical instruments:

Bansuri

2. Dholak

3. Dilruba

4. Ektara

5. Tabla

5. Add any interesting pictures or videos to your post.

Answer: Here are some pictures that show some features of Diwali.

Diwali lights –

Rangoli –

Odissi dance –

Conclusion & Reflection

In conclusion, I learnt plenty of the Diwali festival’s history, culture, traditions, music, the musical instruments used in the celebration and the dances performed in the festival. I enjoyed this class because it made me look deeper about the musical and artistic part of Diwali instead of the history of it. I hope that in the future we would also have more classes learning about different countries and their different ways of celebrating their festivals.