Deewali (pronounced Deevahlee and spelled any number of ways) has been THE thing I've been told to look forward to most since day one in India. It goes for roughly 10 days, depending on who you talk to, and is a time to celebrate with family and exchange sweets and chocolates and light fireworks. Each house has literally piles of boxes of sweets on their kitchen tables just waiting to be eaten. All workers get paid a bonus- usually of about one month's salary- and most go back to their villages and celebrate with their families for a few days. The whole country basically shuts down for that Thursday through Sunday.
We went to a few Diwali parties, and my favorite was last night where I lit a string of 5,000 crackers. We had a ton of fireworks which we have been setting off for 4 days- SO much fun! After each time my night vision is permanently damaged and my ear drums need at least 2 days to recover. The sweets have been the biggest problem because they have finally achieved what I promised myself wouldn't happen- the gaining of the Exchange Student 15. They are so yummy though!
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