This
Hindu festival is popularly known as the “festival of lights.”
Small clay lamps filled with oil are lit to represent the triumph of
good over evil. Also, people celebrating Diwali wear new clothes and
share sweets and snacks with friends and family.
Some
people have fireworks shows and burst firecrackers. Others make
beautiful electrical light displays on their houses or hang colorful
paper lanterns. A decoration that doesn't involve light is rangoli,
designs made on floors or courtyards from colored powder (colored
rice, flour, or sand can be used).
Did
you know....?
One
of the nations that sets aside Diwali as an official holiday is
India. Did you know that there is one city, Sivakasi, located in the
state of Tamil Nadu, that produces 90% of the fireworks in the entire
country? There are more than 8,000 fireworks factories in this one
city, including the world's largest firework-manufacturing unit!
(Sivakasi
is also the home of the safety match industry—factories in this
city manufacture 80% of the nation's safety matches. Finally, the
city is big in the printing industry, with calendar art and colorful
posters being printed on many offset printing presses.)
How
do fireworks work?
Here
is a video that shows the components and hand-built creation of a
large-scale firework.
PyroUniverse offers diagrams to help you understand how fireworks work.
NOTE:
the components of fireworks are very dangerous to use, and it is
incredibly dangerous to try to make fireworks yourself!!!
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