Celebrating Diwali and Holi

AROUND CAMPUS

Thanks to FWCD parent Dr. Ritu Jani (Ria ’35 and Rohan ’33), Lower School students celebrated Diwali (November 4) and Holi (March 18). Holi is the festival of colors and is celebrated in the spring every year with a giant chaotic color fight. Diwali is the festival of lights and a calmer and more family-focused holiday that celebrates the victory of light over darkness. Dr. Jani shared facts, and the students participated in engaging activities. For Diwali, students created Rangolis, colorful patterned chalk drawings ( left) to welcome the Hindu Goddess Lakshmi – the goddess of wealth – and bring good luck. For Holi, the students gleefully threw colorful powder on one another (and their parents and teachers – see photo above) in the green space near the FWCD Memorial Caring Bridge. The powder fight commemorates spring’s arrival, the triumph of good over evil, and honors love, happiness, and a good harvest.