Diwali or Dipavali is one of the biggest festival of Hindus, celebrated with great enthusiasm and happiness in India. The festival is celebrated for five continuous days, where the third days is celebrated as the main Diwali festival or 'Festival of lights'. Different colorful varieties of fireworks are always associated with this festival. On this auspicious day, people light up diyas and candles all around their house. They perform Laxmi Puja in the evening and seek divine blessings of Goddess of Wealth.Diwali Dates: The date of Diwali is set by the Hindu calendar and so it varies in the Western calendar. It usually falls in October or November. Diwali is a New Year festival in the Vikrama calendar, where it falls on the night of the new moon in the month of Kartika. Business people regard it as a favorable day to start a new accounting year because of the festival's association with the goddess of wealth. Diwali is also used to celebrate a successful harvest.
Fireworks: Fireworks are also a big part of the Diwali celebrations, although in recent years there has been a move against them because of noise and atmospheric pollution and the number of accidental deaths and injuries.Diwali 2009 in Taiwan: Like every year Indian group in Taiwan celebrated Diwali with great enthusiasm. They organized some cultural program in Taipei, Taichung and Tainan. Also many foreigner and local people are attending this celebration, it’s may be their curiosity about Indian culture. They did some stage performance like singing, dancing, poem reading etc. Some non-Indian people ware performing dance in bollywood song. Also Indian people are prepares many dishes for dinner. Without fireworks this festival is incomplete. So the last activity in this program is fireworks.
