Diwali (the festival of lights) celebrates the
victory of light over darkness, knowledge over ignorance, good over evil, and
hope over despair… Legend says it honours the return of the god Rama from exile
after 14 years (Ramayana)
But as in every country the spiritual is covered/forgotten by the running around. It’s the biggest festival here that’s for sure, and as many
people told me “it’s like your Christmas”. And it is, like Christmas, people run
around buying, buying, and buying!
What I really enjoyed is all the mini festivals around Diwali; you have the
one for the husband and wife or the one for brothers and sisters… Diwali itself
it’s crazy, fireworks non-stop all night long (like a Dutch new year), and they say the pollution in Delhi the next day is up to 1000, as an exemple when is around 100 in Brussels they ring the alert (and you can drive at more than 90km/h on the motorway)
We decided to enjoy the long weekend and went to visit Jaipur, the pink city! (to be continued)
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