Tuesday, 17 November 2015

Diwali

We celebrated Diwali during the week of 11th November 2015

Diwali is the Hindu festival of light. We learned about the story of Rama and Sita and how they escaped the 10 headed monster, following Diwa lights home.  Mel showed the children how to tie a Sari.  The children made Diwa lanterns from clay, baked Doodh penda Diwali sweets, listened to Hindu meditative music and used their imaginations to visualise animals coming down to the river Ganges to drink and move like them.  We learned a Bhangra dance watching a Zingzillas Diwali DVD and made beautiful Rangoli Sand pictures.