Diwall is an important time in the Hindu calendar Ral 14 from Mumbai, celebrates it every year with his family in India3Oiwali is a family festival. It's called the Festival of Lights it's acelebration of the victory of good over bac' with special lightsor diyas', and candies. The family is important in traditionalDiwal activities2We usua y celebrate Diwel in October or November at the start ofthe Hindu New Year. The festival is five days of celebrations.it's an international festival, but India's got a bigger Hindu populationthan any other country, so it's very important there. Other countrieswith Hindus also celebrate it, for example Nepal, Sri Lanka, Malaysia, Singapore and parts of Europe4.It's important for people and their houses to be clean. We also wearthe most colourful clothes we can: yellow, red and green. Diwali is afestival of colourl Family is always important to Hindlus, but duringDiwali it's even more important. People celebrate with their familiesat home and they eat special meals. It's a wonderul time!​