Deepavali

Last two weeks, I had post about festival of Malay. So, this week, I’m gonna talk about Malaysian Indian’s festival which we call Deepavali. 

Long time ago, there was an evil god. Its name is Narakasura. Narakasura liked to torture people who were at low hierarchy. Besides, Narakasura was greedy. When he came to a place which had many foods, he would finish all the foods and didn’t leave any food for villagers. No matter how many foods there had, he wouldn’t leave any foods. In order to save the villagers, there was another god fight with Narakasura. Narakasura was defeated in this war. The villagers were very happy and defined the day as Deepavali’s day.

Narakasura

When Malaysian Indians celebrate this festival, they will use colorful rice flour or powder to make kolam(a form of drawing) on the floor in front their home. My Indian friends told me that kolam will bring good luck and benediction to home. He says the god who had defeated the evil god will come to the homes which have make kolam in front their homes. They will leave the kolam eat by bird.

Kolam

Kolam