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Celebrating Satanic Rituals in Saudi Arabia | Halloween = Diwali = Ireecha = Islam

Posted by addisethiopia / አዲስ ኢትዮጵያ on November 1, 2022

💭 በሳውዲ አረቢያ የሰይጣን ስርአቶችን ማክበር | ሃሎዊን = ዲዋሊ = ኢሬቻ = ኢስልምና

👉 ገብርኤል 👉 ማርያም 😇 ኡራኤል 👉 ጊዮርጊስ 👉 ተክለ ሐይማኖት 👉 ዮሴፍ 👉 መድኃኔ ዓለም

ደቡብ ኮሪያውያን ሰይጣናዊ የሃሎዊን የአምልኮ ሥርዓቶችን በማክበር የሰይጣንን ጥቃት ይጋብዙ ነበር ህንዶች ሰይጣናዊ ዲዋሊ በማክበር ተመሳሳይ ነገር ያደርጉ ነበር እና በእርግጥ ባቢሎን ሳዑዲ አረቢያ በዚህ አረማዊ የኩራት ፕሮጄክት እጅግ የላቀ ነው።

ስለዚህ ኢራን (መጽሐፍ ቅዱሳዊ ኤላም) አረቢያን ማጥፋት አለባት። በ ኢሳይያስ ፳፩፥፱ ላይ ፥ በራእይ ፲፰፥፩፡፪ እና በራዕይ ፲፬፥፰ ላይ፤ “ባቢሎን ወደቀች ወደቀች” የሚለውን ተመሳሳይ ማስታወቂያ በመጠቀም በባቢሎን ላይ የሚናገረውን ትንቢታዊ ቃል ገልጿል። ድንቅ ነው!

ስለ ዱማ/ ኤዶምያስ የተነገረ ሸክም“(ኢሳይያስ ፳፩፥፲፩) ስለ ዓረብ የተነገረ ሸክም“(ኢሳይያስ ፳፩፥፲፫) “የቄዳር ክብር ሁሉ ይጠፋል“(ኢሳይያስ ፳፩፥፲፮)

እነዚህ ሁሉ በአረቢያ ናቸው፤ ስለዚህ አረቢያ በኢራን “ኤላም” (ኢሳያስ ፳፩፥፪) ትጠፋለች ማለት ነው። ድንቅ ነው! እየመጣ ነው! እጃችሁን ከአክሱም ጽዮን ላይ አንሱ!

[ትንቢተ ኢሳይያስ ምዕራፍ ፳፩]❖

  • በባሕር አጠገብ ስላለው ስለ ምድረ በዳ የተነገረ ሸክም። ዐውሎ ነፋስ ከደቡብ እንደሚወጣ፥ እንዲሁ ከሚያስፈራ አገር ከምድረ በዳ ይወጣል።
  • ከባድ ራእይ ተነገረኝ፤ ወንጀለኛው ይወነጅላል አጥፊውም ያጠፋል። ኤላም ሆይ፥ ውጪ፤ ሜዶን ሆይ፥ ክበቢ፤ ትካዜውን ሁሉ አስቀርቻለሁ።
  • ስለዚህ ወገቤ ሕመም ተሞላ፤ እንደምትወልድ ሴት ምጥ ያዘኝ፤ ከሕመሜ የተነሣ አልሰማም፥ ከድንጋጤም የተነሣ አላይም።
  • ልቤ ተንበደበደ፥ ድንጋጤ አስፈራኝ፥ ተስፋ ያደረግሁትም ድንግዝግዝታ መንቀጥቀጥ ሆነብኝ።
  • ማዕዱን ያዘጋጃሉ፥ ምንጣፉንም ይዘረጋሉ፥ ይበሉማል፥ ይጠጡማል፤ እናንተ መሳፍንት ሆይ፥ ተነሡ፥ ጋሻውን አዘጋጁ።
  • ጌታ እንዲህ ብሎኛልና። ሂድ ጉበኛም አቁም፥ የሚያየውንም ይናገር።
  • በከብት የሚቀመጡትን፥ ሁለት ሁለት እየሆኑ የሚሄዱት ፈረሰኞች፥ በአህዮች የሚቀመጡትንና በግመሎች የሚቀመጡትን ባየ ጊዜ በጽኑ ትጋት አስተውሎ ተግቶም ያድምጥ።
  • ያየውም። ጌታ ሆይ፥ ቀኑን ሁሉ ዘወትር በማማ ላይ ቆሜአለሁ፥ ሌሊቱንም ሁሉ በመጠበቂያዬ ላይ ተተክያለሁ፥
  • እነሆም፥ በፈረሶች የሚቀመጡ፥ ሁለት ሁለት ሁነው የሚሄዱ ፈረሰኞች ይመጣሉ ብሎ ጮኸ፤ እርሱም መልሶ። ባቢሎን ወደቀች ወደቀች፥ የተቀረጹም የአማልክቶችዋ ምስሎች ሁሉ በምድር ላይ ተጥለው ደቀቁ አለ።
  • እናንተ በአውድማዬ ላይ የተወቃችሁ የአውድማዬ ልጆች ሆይ፥ ከእስራኤል አምላክ ከሠራዊት ጌታ እግዚአብሔር የሰማሁትን ነገርኋችሁ።
  • ፲፩ ስለ ኤዶምያስ የተነገረ ሸክም። አንዱ ከሴይር። ጕበኛ ሆይ፥ ሌሊቱ ምን ያህል ነው? ጕበኛ ሆይ፥ ሌሊቱ ምን ያህል ነው? ብሎ ጠራኝ።
  • ፲፪ ጕበኛውም። ይነጋል ድግሞም ይመሻል፤ ትጠይቁ ዘንድ ብትወድዱ ጠይቁ፤ ተመልሳችሁም ኑ አለ።
  • ፲፫ ስለ ዓረብ የተነገረ ሸክም። የድዳናውያን ነጋዴዎች ሆይ፥ በዓረብ ዱር ውስጥ ታድራላችሁ።
  • ፲፬ በቴማን የምትኖሩ ሆይ፥ ወደ ተጠሙት ሰዎች ውኃ አምጡ እንጀራ ይዛችሁ የሸሹትን ሰዎች ተቀበሉአቸው።
  • ፲፭ ከሰይፍ፥ ከተመዘዘው ሰይፍ፥ ከተለጠጠውም ቀስት ከጽኑም ሰልፍ ሸሽተዋልና።
  • ፲፮ ጌታ እንዲህ ብሎኛልና። እንደ ምንደኛ ዓመት በአንድ ዓመት ውስጥ የቄዳር ክብር ሁሉ ይጠፋል፤
  • ፲፯ከቀስተኞች ቍጥር የቀሩት፥ የቄዳር ልጆች ኃያላን፥ ያንሳሉ፤ የእስራኤል አምላክ እግዚአብሔር ተናግሮአልና።

💭 South Korea Satanic HALLOWEEN Crush Kills 153, Injures 150

💭 ደቡብ ኮሪያ፤ ሰይጣናዊውን የሃሎዊን በዓል ሲያከብሩ የነበሩ መቶ ሃምሳ ሦስት ሰዎች በአደጋ ተገደሉ፤ መቶ ሃምሳ ኮሪያውያን ቆስለዋል።

Very Sad, indeed! 😠😠😠 ዋይ! ዋይ! ዋይ! 😢😢😢

My Note: ☆ Halloween = Diwali = Islam = Oromo Ireecha = Thanksgiving (Blood sacrifice)

ሃለዊን = ዲዋሊ = እስልምና = ኢሬቻ ምስጋና (ለደም ግብር)

👹 Halloween + Diwali = Hallowali

☆ Days ago it was South Korea & Halloween – and today it’s India & Diwali.

💭 Apocalypse in India: People Are Suffocating | Terrible Dust Storm in Bollywood Mumbai

💭 አፖካሊፕስ በህንድ፤ ሰዎች እየታፈኑ ነው | በቦሊውድ ሙምባይ ውስጥ አስፈሪ የአቧራ ማዕበል

South Koreans were inviting satan’s attack by celebrating satanic Halloween rituals – Indians were doing the same by celebrating satanic Diwali – and, of course, Babylon Saudi Arabia is ultimately excelling in this pagan fusing pride project.

So, Iran (biblical Elam) must destroy Arabia. In Isaiah 21:9, Isaiah levels a prophetic oracle against Babylon using the same announcement in Revelation 18:1-2 and Revelation 14:8: “Babylon is fallen, is fallen”:

“The burden against Dumah” (Isaiah 21:11)
 “The burden against Arabia” (Isaiah 21:13)
“All the glory of Kedar will fail” (Isaiah 21:16).

These are all in Arabia, which is destroyed by Iran “Elam” (Isaiah 21:2).

💭 Saudi Arabia, U.S. on High Alert After Warning of Imminent Iranian Attack

Saudis said Tehran wants to distract from local protests, and the National Security Council said the U.S. is prepared to respond.

Saudi Arabia has shared intelligence with the U.S. warning of an imminent attack from Iran on targets in the kingdom, putting the American military and others in the Middle East on an elevated alert level, Saudi and U.S. officials said.

👉 Source: WSJ

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Apocalypse in India: People Are Suffocating | Terrible Dust Storm in Bollywood Mumbai

Posted by addisethiopia / አዲስ ኢትዮጵያ on October 31, 2022

👉 ገብርኤል 😇 ማርያም 👉 ኡራኤል 👉ጊዮርጊስ 👉 ተክለ ሐይማኖት 👉 ዮሴፍ 👉 መድኃኔ ዓለም

💭 አፖካሊፕስ በህንድ፤ ሰዎች እየታፈኑ ነው | በቦሊውድ ሙምባይ ውስጥ አስፈሪ የአቧራ ማዕበል

💭 በራጃስታን ላይ የፈጠረው የምዕራቡ ረብሻ እና ሳይክሎኒክ ዝውውር ወቅቱን ያልጠበቀ ዝናብ አምጥቷልእግዚኦ!

ህንድ ከቅኝ ግዛት ነፃ ከወጣችከ ፸፭/75 ዓመታት በኋላ የብሪታንያ የመጀመሪያው ህንዳዊ ተወላጅ መሪ ሪሺ ሱናክ በመሆኑ በደስታ አጨበጨበችለት

የለንደን ከተማ ከንቲባ ሳዲቅ ካን የህንድፓኪስታን ዝርያ ያለው ሙስሊም ነው።

” A western disturbance and cyclonic circulation over Rajasthan brought unseasonal rains” ¡Madre mía!

☆ India applauds Britain’s 1st Indian-origin leader Rishi Sunak, 75 years after colonial rule

☆ The Mayor of London is Sadiq Khan, a Muslim of Indian-Pakistani heritage

💭 After unseasonal rain, Mumbai under a thick haze layer.

The Weather Dept said that the dust winds phenomenon would last for Sunday only, but again from Monday onwards, there is a possibility of a dip in temperature in Maharashtra for the next few days

A day after a western disturbance and cyclonic circulation over Rajasthan brought unseasonal rains it, Mumbai on Sunday had a thick layer of haze settled over it.

According to weather experts, the haze was attributed to “dust-raising winds”, brought as a result of the same Western Disturbance which caused Saturday’s rains and a drop in Sunday’s temperature.

It was further said that since everybody was wearing mask due to Covid-19, no other precautions were required.

“This haze consists of mainly sand because it originates from the Middle East where the conditions are sandier. It cannot be defined as smog, which comprises a more complex mixture of pollutants,” said Gufran Beig, Project Director, SAFAR.

The Weather Department said that the dust winds phenomenon is going to last for Sunday only, but again from Monday onwards, there is a possibility of a dip in temperature in Maharashtra for the next few days.

The maximum temperature of Mumbai’s Santacruz stood at 23.8 degrees Celsius, which is lowest in the last 10 years.

The dip in temperature was a result of the cloudy sky over north Konkan. It brought day time temperatures to as low as 23-24 degrees Celsius, which is the lowest maximum temperature in the last 10 years or maybe more, for the month of January.

The India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Saturday said that after affecting normal life in Karachi, a massive dust storm headed towards Gujarat and south Rajasthan on Saturday evening and it may continue to have an effect till next 12 hours.

Karachi was caught off guard on Saturday morning when a dust storm that travelled from Pakistan’s west disturbed the normal life there with visibility reduced to less than or about 500 metres.

“Saurashtra coast has been getting dust rising winds from afternoon. Dwarka station reported 400 m visibility, at Porbandar, wind speed was more than 10 km per hour with visibility of less than 1 km,” the IMD said.

Winds carrying dust blew from south Pakistan areas and adjoining the Arabian Sea towards Kutch and Saurashtra towards evening.

The ‘Sand and Dust Storms Risk Assessment in Asia and the Pacific’ report for 2021, published by the Asian and Pacific Centre for the Development of Disaster Information Management (APDIM), which is a regional institution of the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP), had said more than 500 million people in India and more than 80 per cent of the populations of Turkmenistan, Pakistan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, and Iran are exposed to medium and high levels of poor air quality due to sand and dust storms.

Lahore, Karachi, and Delhi are the three most affected cities, the report had said.

Dust storms, if severe, and over a longer time, also adversely affect agriculture, especially cotton.

👉 Source: National Herald India

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Haunting New Footage of Indian Bridge Collapse That Killed at Least 141 People

Posted by addisethiopia / አዲስ ኢትዮጵያ on October 31, 2022

👉 ገብርኤል 😇 ማርያም 👉 ኡራኤል 👉ጊዮርጊስ 👉 ተክለ ሐይማኖት 👉 ዮሴፍ 👉 መድኃኔ ዓለም

💭 Harrowing video has captured the moment a footbridge in India collapsed, killing at least 141 people celebrating Diwali. WARNING: Distressing

😠😠😠 ዋይ! ዋይ! ዋይ! 😢😢😢

Very Sad, indeed!

👉 Death toll rises to 141, many still missing

At least 141 people died when a pedestrian suspension bridge collapsed in India’s western state of Gujarat.

A local official said most of those who had died were women, children or elderly. The bridge in Morbi had been reopened just a week ago after repairs.

There was overcrowding on the bridge at the time as people celebrated the Diwali festival, officials said.

The 230m (754ft) bridge on the Machchu river was built during British rule in the 19th Century.

The death toll is expected to rise further.

Police, military and disaster response teams were deployed and the rescue effort is continuing.

More than 177 people have been rescued so far, officials said.

“Many children were enjoying holidays for Diwali and they came here as tourists,” an eyewitness called Sukram told Reuters news agency.

“All of them fell one on top of another. The bridge collapsed due to overloading.”

Videos on social media showed dozens clinging onto the wreckage as emergency teams attempted to rescue them. Some survivors clambered up the bridge’s broken netting, and others managed to swim to the river banks.

Reports said several hundred people were on the bridge when it collapsed at around 18:40 India time (13:10 GMT) on Sunday.

A video shot before the collapse showed it packed with people and swaying and many gripping the netting on its sides.

Gujarat is the home state of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who has announced compensation for the families of victims. He said he was “deeply saddened by the tragedy”.

The authorities have promised a full investigation. Questions are being asked about whether safety checks were done before the bridge was reopened. It is a popular tourist attraction known locally as Julto Pul (swinging bridge).

Home Minister Harsh Sanghavi said a number of criminal cases had been registered over the incident.

Prateek Vasava was on the bridge at the time of the incident. He told 24 Hours Gujarati-language news channel how he had swum to the river bank.

Several children fell into the river, he said, adding: “I wanted to pull some of them along with me but they had drowned or got swept away.”

Videos showed scenes of chaos as onlookers on the river banks tried to rescue those trapped in the water as darkness fell.

👉 Source: BBC

👹 ሃሎዊን + ዲዋሊ = ሃሎዋሊ

☆ ከቀናት በፊት ደቡብ ኮሪያ እና ሃሎዊን ነበሩ ፥ ዛሬ ደግሞ ህንድ እና ዲዋሊ ናቸው።

ደቡብ ኮሪያውያን ሰይጣናዊ የሃሎዊን የአምልኮ ሥርዓቶችን በማክበር የሰይጣንን ጥቃት ይጋብዙ ነበር ፥ እነዚህ ከድልድዩ የተከሰከሱት ሕንዶችም ሰይጣናዊውም ‘ዲዋሊ’ የሂንዱ በዓል በማክበር ተመሳሳይ ነገር ያደርጉ ነበር።

እናስታውስ፣ ‘ሃሎዊን’ ‘የዲዋሊ’ ምዕራባዊ አቻ ነው።

ወቅቱ አስፈሪ ነው እና ሁሉም ሰው ለታቀደላቸው የቤት ግብዣዎች በጣም ጓጉቷል። በሰይጣን አምላኪዎች ዘንድ ሃሎዊን የዓመቱ ምርጥ ቀን ነው። ለምዕራቡ የዓለም ክፍል፤ ከገና በዓል በኋላ፤ ተወዳጅ እየሆነ የመጣ በዓል ነው።

ግን በህንድ ስለ ዲዋሊ የሚታወቀው ነገር ምንድነው?

ደህና ፣ በመልበስ። ህንዶች መግዛትና መልበስ ይወዳሉ ፤ እንግዲህ ምዕራባውያኑንም ሕንዱንም አንድ የሚያደርጓቸው ሁለቱ ነገሮች እነዚህ ናቸው፤ መግዛትና መልበስ። ዲዋሊ በህንድ ውስጥ ትልቅ በዓል የሆነበት ምክንያት አንዱ ይህ ነው። ዲዋሊ ወይም የብርሃናት በዓል በሂንዱይዝም አምልኮ ዘንድ በጣም ተወዳጅ ከሆኑት በዓላት አንዱ ነው። እሱም መንፈሳዊውን “የብርሃን ድል በጨለማ፣ በክፉ ላይ መልካም እና በድንቁርና ላይ እውቀትን” ያመለክታል ይባላል።

ይህችን ከየት ነው የሰማናት? የሚታወቅ ይመስላል፤ አይደል? ታዲያ ከሃሎዊን ጋር ትንሽ አይመሳሰልምን?

ብዙ ሰዎች ሃሎዊን የዲዋሊ ምዕራባዊ አቻ ነው ብለው ያምናሉ ፥ ባሕሉ የመጣው ከጥንታዊው የሴልቲክ የሳምሃይን በዓል ሲሆን ሰዎች እሳት በማንደድ ሲያበሩ እና መናፍስትን ለማስወገድ ልብስ መልበስ ይወዱ ነበር። በስምንተኛው ክፍለ ዘመን የሮማው ርዕሰ ሊቃነ ጳጳሳት ጎርጎርዮስ ሣልሳዊ በፈረንጆቹ ኅዳር ፩ (ነገ) ቀን ቅዱሳን ሁሉ የሚከበሩበት ጊዜ እንዲሆን ሰይመውት ነበር። ብዙም ሳይቆይ “የሁሉም ቅዱሳን ቀን” አንዳንድ የሳምሃይንን ወጎች አካትቷል። በፊት የነበረው ምሽት ሁሉም ሃሎውስ ሔዋን እና በኋላ ሃሎዊን በመባል ይታወቅ ነበር። ከጊዜ በኋላ፣ ሃሎዊን እንደ ማታለል ወይም ማከም፣ ጃክ-ላንተርን መቅረጽ፣ የበዓል ስብሰባዎች፣ አልባሳትን ወደ መለገስ እና ምግቦችን ወደ መመገብ ተግባራት ተለወጠ።

ነገር ግን የሁለቱ በዓላት ወጎች እና ሥርዓቶች በጣም ተመሳሳይ ስለሆኑ ችላ ለማለት አስቸጋሪ ነው። ከዲዋሊ ምሽት በፊት ሰዎች ቤታቸውን እና ቢሮዎቻቸውን ያጸዳሉ፣ ያድሳሉ እና ያጌጡታል። እና በዲዋሊ ምሽት ሰዎች አዲስ ልብስ ገዝተው ወይም ምርጥ ልብሳቸውን አውጥተው ይለብሳሉ፣ ከቤታቸው ውጭም ሆነ ከውስጥ ዲያዎችን ያበራሉ፣ ይጸልያሉ፣ በተለይም ‘ላክሽሚ’ ለተባለችው የመራባት እና የብልጽግና አምላካቸው።

ከ’ፖጃው’ በኋላ፣ ርችቶች ይተኮሳሉ፣ እና ከዛም ብዙ ስኳር በበዛባቸው ‘ሚታይስ’የቤተሰብ ግብዣ እና በቤተሰብ አባላት እና በቅርብ ጓደኞች መካከል የስጦታ ልውውጥ ይደረጋል።

ሃሎዊን ፣ በተወሰነ መልኩ ተመሳሳይ ገጽታን ይከተላል ፤ ሰዎች በዓሉ ከመድረሱ በፊት ቤታቸውን ያፀዳሉ ፣ ያጌጣሉ ፣ ጣፋጮችን ይለዋወጣሉ እና እንደ አስማት ወይም ምርኢተ-ጥበብ ባሏቸው ሌሎች የጨዋታ ተግባራት ውስጥ ይሳተፋሉ ። ልክ እንደ ርችቶች ያሉትን ነገሮች ይተኩሳሉ፣ እንደ ደመራ የመሳሰሉ እሳቶችን ይለኩሳሉ በዙሪያውም ይዘምራሉ፣ ያወራሉ፤ ብሎም መብራቶችን በማብራት የሙታንን ህይወት ያከብራሉ።

ይህ ቀላል መላምት ሊሆን ይችላል፣ ነገር ግን የሁለቱ በዓላት የሚከበሩባቸው ቀናት መገጣጠሙና የብዙ ነገሮቻቸው ተመሳሳይነት በጣም የሚያስገርም ነው። እርስ በርስ በጣም ይቀራረባሉ እና በተመሳሳይ መንገድ ይከበራሉ ምናልባትም ህንድ አሁን ሃሎዊንን እንደ ንዑስ ባህሏ አካል ያደረገችበት ምክንያት ይህ ሊሆን ይችላል።

ያም ሆነ ይህ፣ አንዳንድ ባህሎች በትክክል እርስ በርስ ሳይጋጩ ሲዋሃዱ ማየት ያስገርማል። እና ሁለቱንም በዓላት ማክበር መቼም ቢሆን ተስፋ አይቆርጥም ምክንያቱም ሁለቱም በጣም ማራኪ እና ብዙ ሰው ሊያታልሉ የሚችሉ ሰይጣናዊ በዓላት ናቸውና።

አዎ!

💭 South Korea Satanic HALLOWEEN Crush Kills 120, Injures 100

💭 ደቡብ ኮሪያ፤ ሰይጣናዊውን የሃሎዊን በዓል ሲያከብሩ የነበሩ መቶ ሃያ ሰዎች በአደጋ ተገደሉ፤ መቶ ኮሪያውያን ቆስለዋል።

Very Sad, indeed! 😠😠😠 ዋይ! ዋይ! ዋይ! 😢😢😢

My Note: ☆ Halloween = Oromo Ireecha = Thanksgiving

ሃለዊን = ኢሬቻ = ምስጋና (ለደም ግብር)

👹 Halloween + Diwali = Hallowali

Days ago it was South Korea & Halloween – and today it’s India & Diwali.

South Koreans were inviting satan’s attack by celebrating satanic Halloween rituals – Indians were doing the same by celebrating satanic Diwali

Let’s rembeber, Halloween is just the Western equivalent of Diwali.

It’s spooky season and everyone is way too excited for the house parties that they have scheduled. Halloween is the best day of the year, for the Western part of the world – after Christmas, of course.

But what’s the hype about in India?

Well, dressing up. Indians love to shop and dress up – the two things that unite us all together. It’s also part of the reason Diwali is such a huge festival in India. Diwali or the Festival of Lights is one of the most popular festivals of Hinduism, it symbolizes the spiritual “victory of light over darkness, good over evil and knowledge over ignorance.”

Sounds familiar, doesn’t it? Maybe a little similar to Halloween?

A lot of people believe that Halloween is the western equivalent of Diwali – the tradition originated with the ancient Celtic festival of Samhain, when people would light bonfires and wear costumes to ward off ghosts. In the eighth century, Pope Gregory III designated November 1 as a time to honor all saints. Soon, All Saints Day incorporated some of the traditions of Samhain. The evening before was known as All Hallows Eve, and later Halloween. Over time, Halloween evolved into a day of activities like trick-or-treating, carving jack-o-lanterns, festive gatherings, donning costumes and eating treats.

But the traditions and formalities of the two holidays are so similar it’s hard to ignore. Before Diwali night, people clean, renovate, and decorate their houses and offices. And on Diwali night, people dress up in new clothes or their best outfits, light up diyas inside and outside their house, pray, typically to Lakshmi — the goddess of fertility and prosperity.

After the pooja, there’s fireworks, and then a family feast with a whole lot of mithais, and an exchange of gifts between family members and close friends.

Halloween, follows in somewhat the same fashion – people clean the house before the holiday arrives, decorate the house, exchange sweets and take part in other activities like trick or treating. Just like the firecrackers, on Halloween people put up huge bonfires and sing and talk around it, put up lights and celebrate the lives of the dead.

This could just be simple speculation, but the similarities in the dates is also eerie – they fall so close to each other and are celebrated in such a similar way that maybe that’s the reason India has now adopted Halloween as a part of its subculture.

Either way, it’s interesting to see that some cultures integrate without actually colliding with one another. And celebrating both the holidays is never going to be a let down because both of them are such fun, interesting holidays.

Yeah!

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