Hindu Festivals
Subjects / Religious Studies / Hinduism
This title will look at some of the important festivals in Hinduism: Divali, Holi and Navaratri. Divali is a New Year festival which symbolises a fresh start and new beginnings. Divali means 'cluster of lights', and the festival is celebrated with masses of lights. Holi is a spring festival which is celebrated with mischief. People may choose to have water fights or spray people with paint to mark the occasion. Navaratri is a ten-day festival which is honoured by dancing. During the festival, goddesses such as Durga, Lakshmi and Saraswati are worshipped. In the main the festival is dedicated to the mother goddess Durga, as she contains the vigour of all the goddesses.
| Author: | Sam Read | Publisher: | GCSEPod® |
| Narrator: | Carol McGuigan | ISBN: | 978-1-84906-127-8 |
Chapters
- Divali
- Holi
- Navaratri
Exam Board Relevance
- Edxcel
- AQA
- CEA
- IGCSE (EdExcel)
- OCR
- SQA
- WJEC
- IGCSE (CiE)
Includes original GCSEPod image art
Curriculum and Exam Board Information
Key Issues
Titles
- Beliefs and Values
- Celebration
- Festivals, Fasts and Special Days
- Hindu Beliefs and Values
- Hindu Festivals
- Hindu Worship and Celebration
- innocent suffering and the concept of evil
- Worship and Celebration
Chapters
- Beliefs about God: Shakti as expressed in Durga
- Dassehra (the tenth night of Durga puja)
- Divali
- Divali - as celebrated in India and in Britain
- Diwali
- Durga as symbolic of death and rebirth
- Durga puja (Navaratri)
- Dussehra
- Holi
- Holi - as celebrated in India and in Britain
- How and why Hindus celebrate Divali
- How and why Hindus celebrate Holi
- How and why Hindus celebrate Navaratri (including durga puja)
- Navaratri
- Navratri: associated festival of Dussehra
- Navratri: Durga Puja: celebration of Durga and victory of good over evil
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