I-Diwali ingenye yemikhosi enemibala eminingi, engcwele yamaHindu. Ugujwa minyaka yonke ngesasasa nenjabulo enkulu ezweni lonke. Umkhosi uphawula ukubuya kweNkosi uRam e-Ayodhya ngemva kweminyaka eyishumi nane yokudingiswa. Lona umgubho wangempela, uhlala izinsuku ezingu-20 ngemva kweholide laseDussera futhi wenza samuntu ukuqala kobusika. Kubalandeli benkolo yamaHindu, i-Diwali iyi-analogue kaKhisimusi. I-Diwali (Diwali noma i-Deepawali) ihumusha njengomugqa noma iqoqo lezibani. Ezinsukwini ezimbalwa ngaphambi komkhosi, izindlu, izakhiwo, izitolo namathempeli ahlanzwa kahle, apendwe mhlophe futhi ahlotshiswe ngemidwebo, amathoyizi nezimbali. Ezinsukwini zikaDiwali, izwe lisesimweni senjabulo, abantu bagqoka izingubo ezinhle kakhulu futhi ezibiza kakhulu. Kuyisiko futhi ukuphana izipho namaswidi. Ebusuku, zonke izakhiwo zikhanyiswa ngobumba nezibani zikagesi, izinti zamakhandlela. Izitolo zamaswidi namathoyizi ziklanywe ngendlela encomekayo ukuze zidonse ukunaka kwabantu abadlula ngendlela. Kugcwele ama-Bazaars nemigwaqo, abantu bathengela imindeni yabo amaswidi, baphinde bathumele kubangani njengesipho. Izingane ziqhumisa ama-crackers. Kunenkolelo yokuthi ngosuku lukaDiwali, unkulunkulukazi wenhlalakahle uLakshmi uvakashela izindlu ezilungiswe kahle nezihlanzekile kuphela. Abantu bathandazela impilo, ingcebo nokuchuma. Bashiya izibani, babasa ukuze unkulunkulukazi uLakshmi athole indlela eya ekhaya labo. Ngaleli holide amaHindu, amaSikh namaJain nawo afanekisela uthando, umusa nokuthula. Ngakho-ke, phakathi nomkhosi, emngceleni phakathi kweNdiya nePakistan, amabutho ahlomile aseNdiya anikeza amaswidi endabuko kubantu basePakistan. Amasosha asePakistan aphinde alethe amaswidi ephendula umusa.
2022-11-11