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Our School : Multimedia : Divali December 2009
Lighting up our learning in EYFS
Mrs Miller reports
Divali is celebrated by Hindus all over the world. The festival is to remind us of the story of Rama and Sita and how good always triumphs over evil. In the story, Prince Rama and Princess Sita were banished to the forest for fourteen years. During this time, Sita was kidnapped by Ravana, the ten-headed demon. Hanuman the Monkey King helped Rama rescue Sita. When they returned home people put out rows of sparkling divas (lamps) and lit fireworks to welcome them back.
In Robin and Wren Classes, we have been dressing up as Rama and Sita and telling each other our favourite parts of the Divali story. We made masks and did some diva maths. We found India and Sri Lanka on a world map and made some Indian flags. At the end of this special project, Anastasia in Year 6 taught us an Indian Bollywood dance. We really enjoyed ourselves and we hope you enjoy watching us on the following video clip:
