This week at school we celebrated Diwali. Diwali is the Hindu festival of lights. It is a special festival that celebrates the start of the Hindu New Year. People in India and all across the world celebrate Diwali.
At school today we went to the hall to see a special show. The Chhau Dance Drama group come from India. They put on a show for us.
The dancers are all men.
They wear special masks to help them tell stories as they dance.
We were a bit scared of some of the masks at first!
The costumes were so colourful and we thought the dancers were very clever.
We went back to our classroom after the show and our Year 4 Buddies came to see us. We celebrated Diwali by making some little Diya lamps together.
Diya lamps are usually made out of clay. During Diwali and other special Hindu festivals people light them and place them in temples and all over their houses.
We made our Diya lamps out of play dough and we put a little tea light candle inside.
On Friday some of us dressed up in our national costumes that help us celebrate who we are. Come and look at our fabulous outfits!
Sriraj's Mum made us some special Indian sweets called 'Jamoon' to try. They had almond powder and cashew nuts sprinkled on the nuts. Thank you Lalitha and Sriraj for sharing your special dish with us in E6!
Mrs Graham wore a special sari for Diwali!
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