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DIVALI. DIVALI in Trinidad and Tobago. It is known as the festival of lights It is a public holiday It is a national festival It is a Hindu festival. The Day is marked by prayers and feasts. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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DIVALI in Trinidad and Tobago
It is known as the festival of lights
It is a public holidayIt is a national
festivalIt is a Hindu festival
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The Day is marked by prayers and feasts
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The lighting of thousands of diyas (small clay pots filled with oil in which a wick is immersed and lit)
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The diyas are lit to invite mother lakshmi the goddess of Wealth into the house to bring fortune to the family
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Hindus dress in bright-coloured clothes
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Females decorate their hands with henna paints or temporary henna tattoos
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Hindus greet each other as well as other people by saying Shubh Divali
They appreciate if people also wish them Shubh Divali
Shubh Divali means Happy Divali
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