maanantai 8. joulukuuta 2008

Diwali - the festival of light

At Diwali the air of Hyderabad is thick with explosions and gunpowder smoke.
It is one of the 3 big festivals here, and it is celebrated with firecrackers.

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Firecrackers have pictures of illegally cute girls partying as well as cartoon figures, in clear contrast to Finnish winter war themed naming convention. They are not considered dangerous in the same way as in Finland, but are given to very young people.


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The air is thick with smoke.


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In our apartment complex there was a street where people were shooting firecrackers. They shot them within 5 meters of each others, and the whole length of the street was in use and bathing in light. In thickly populated Hyderabad everything is done in dense groups.


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Also houses were decorated Christmas style.


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In front of doors there were Diwali lamps.

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