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Happy Diwali! Date • Diwali is celebrated during the Hindu Lunisolar month Kartika (between mid-October and mid-November). • Link to Interfaith Calendar for exact date/year lookup. Diwali Greetings Interfaith / Hindu dee-VAH-lee A greeting of “Happy Diwali” is appropriate. Common Practices and Celebrations The five-day Festival of Lights, a • Lighting of lamps and fireworks, cleaning and redecorating the home, gift-giving, feasts, street New Year Festival, is one of the processions and fairs. • The third day is the main day of the festival with most popular holidays in South fireworks at night and a feast with family and friends. • Diwali’s significance and celebration varies across Asia and is celebrated by Hindus, different religious traditions. Jains, Sikhs and some Buddhists. Common Dietary Restrictions Houses, shops, public places • Hindu, Sikh and Buddhist practitioners are often and shrines are often decorated lacto-vegetarian. • Jain cuisine is also lacto-vegetarian but excludes root with lights. These symbolize the vegetables. victory of light over darkness, good Impact to U-M Community over evil, and knowledge over • Hindu employees may likely request the day off. • Link to U-M Guidance Regarding Conflicts. ignorance. Sikhs celebrate this as Bandi Chchor Divas, or a day when U-M Campus Resources • Maize Buddist Organizations, U-M Guru Hargobind Sahib freed many • Maize Hindu Organizations, U-M Association of Religious Counselors, U-M innocent people from prison. • Information Sources • Diwali, Wikipedia, accessed 12 August 2020 • Diwali fact sheet, Tanenbaum This collection of information sheets on major holidays and cultural events is a joint partnership of the School of Information staff, the Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, and the Office of the Provost. Facts have been vetted by Photo credit: U-M’s Association of Religious Counselors (ARC), and other Ashish Kanitkar—originally posted to Flickr as Diwali-festival, campus groups. Public feedback is welcome; please email https://www.flickr.com/photos/69871685@N05/6916052573/ [email protected]. Edited 12/15/2020.

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