Cleaning The House Before Diwali
By jaishankar
@Shivram59 (52008)
India
October 31, 2026 2:03pm CST
Today my room is being painted and rearranged.. The work is underway. I will have to sleep outside my room tonight.
Three labourers are hired to clean the house before Diwali. The labourers are from nearby villages. Today they worked from morning to the afternoon, and then left for their village. Their village are near the jungle. They were afraid of the elephants.
They will come again tomorrow morning.By Diwali the house will be clean and look new. By the festival each and every house in the town will be decorated with lights and flowers.
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4 responses
@Traceyjayne (14971)
• United Kingdom
14h
Are you making diva’s and rangoli patterns too….
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@Shivram59 (52008)
• India
2h
Thank you. Diyas are bought from the market.And rangolies are made by the girls of every family inside and outside of every house. Have you seen rangolies in your country?
@Traceyjayne (14971)
• United Kingdom
30m
@Shivram59 I have recently retired from teaching in Primary schools and we used to teach about Diwali every year. The children made Diva’s and rangoli patterns and we ate Indian food, we watched the story of Rama and Sita and sang songs, coloured pictures etc ….it was a lovely time.
@nawala123 (25135)
• Indonesia
12h
Even there are million of Hindu People in Indonesia but they don't celebrate diwali especially in Bali province. Not many Indian people in Indonesia even Indonesia is indosphere. Most Indian people live in Medan, North Sumatra province and they celebrate diwali
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@Shivram59 (52008)
• India
2h
Thank you. Here Diwali is the greatest festival. All Hindus celebrate it. Thanks for enlightening me about your country.
@Shivram59 (52008)
• India
2h
Thank you. If you see the Diwali day here, you will see everything wonderful, shining and new. All markets are crowded with customers.
@Shivram59 (52008)
• India
2h
Thank you. Labourers are scared of elephants. If they reach the jungle in the late evening, they might encounter an elephant standing in the dark. Imagine a black elephant standing in pitch darkness. It's so scaring. Once a man going to his village collided with an elephant.He was killed by the beast.
