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My favourite festival – Erisha Singh

Every Autumn I go to stay with my cousins in Leicester so we can all celebrate Diwali together. My family are Hindus, our grandparents came to Britain from India. Diwali is the biggest Hindu festival and people celebrate it all over the world. We come to Leicester because it has the largest Hindu population in Britain and the celebrations are fantastic.

Diwali is a magical time for children because of the lights. We light candles and lamps called divas in our homes, especially in the windows. All the streets, houses and shops are decorated with light. Diwali comes from the Sanskrit word Deepavali which means ‘rows of lights’. It is our festival of Light and starts the Hindu year. If we light our house well, we will have good fortune because the Goddess of wealth and prosperity, Lakshmi, will see our lights.

At Diwali we tell the legend of the Hindu god, Lord Rama. He had a beautiful wife called Sita and she was