{"id":16816,"date":"2021-11-05T12:00:29","date_gmt":"2021-11-05T16:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/happy-diwali-2021\/"},"modified":"2021-11-05T12:00:29","modified_gmt":"2021-11-05T16:00:29","slug":"happy-diwali-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/happy-diwali-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"Happy Diwali 2021!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Nov. 4 marked the first day of Diwali or Deepavali. A five day religious and cultural holiday,\u00a0 Diwali &#8212; also known as The Festival of Lights &#8212; is a national holiday in India, celebrated by millions of Hindus, Jains, Sikhs, and some Buddhists (notably Newar Buddhists) worldwide. Although the interpretation of Diwali&#8217;s origin story varies by region and religion, the common thread is a celebration of good prevailing evil.<\/p>\n<p>Here are some ways people celebrate throughout the five days:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>People deep clean their homes and buy something new like gold, silver, gadgets, clothes, kitchen utensils, etc.<\/li>\n<li>People decorate their homes by designing patterns made of colored powder on their floor, called rangoli and lighting clay lamps, called diyas.<\/li>\n<li>People pray, wear their new or best clothes, gather for feasts, and exchange gifts\/sweets with family, friends, and neighbors.<\/li>\n<li>People celebrate the bond between sisters and brothers.<\/li>\n<li>People light LOTS of fireworks!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Diwali - Festival of Lights | National Geographic\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/HrrW3rO51ak?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>A bill, named the Deepavali Day Act, recently was introduced in the House of Representatives to declare Diwali a federal holiday.<\/p>\n<p>Happy Diwali to our friends and colleagues. We wish you a festival of joy, light, and hope!<\/p>\n<p>In solidarity,<\/p>\n<p>Kayla Miller<br \/>\nTechnical Assistant<br \/>\nOffice of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion<br \/>\n<a href=\"mailto:k.miller1@hvcc.edu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">k.miller1@hvcc.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Published:<\/strong>\u00a0Fri, 05 Nov 2021 12:00:29 +0000 by\u00a0k.miller1<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Nov. 4 marked the first day of Diwali or Deepavali. A five day religious and cultural holiday,\u00a0 Diwali &#8212;&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2086,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[161],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16816","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-student-announcement-college-related"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16816","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2086"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16816"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16816\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16816"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16816"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16816"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}