Deepavali

Thursday (04/11/2010)

a) Deepavali
• Deepavali or “The Light Festival” is the reason of our National Public Holiday. The kids said it is the Hindus New Year.
• We talked about the Hindus speciality and slightly compare to other cultures. Why do they light the oil lamps? Many guessed but only Kwong Yong got it correct….yes for praying purpose. The light symbolizes that the good always wins over the evil.
• They have delicious food. The kids guessed curry which is true. There is a lot more such as tosai and cookies.
• They wear beautiful clothes. Chun Kit said they also have Ang Pow but of different colour packet. They have white or red dots on their forehead. On the reason they put on these marks or known as “tikka”, they have to go home and do research as Deepavali is tomorrow.
• Shopping malls will have colourful rice decoration. They have to be very careful not to spill the rice. Jun Yu shared his younger brother’s experience of how he stepped onto the decoration but it was only minor one.

b) Performance practice.
• The kids practised “Following the Leader” Dance. Cikgu Xin Ru watched us. Wee Hong also performed as “Michael Jackson”. It was a fun practice.