Lesson video

Hello, everyone.

Welcome back to another lesson with me Miss Sidenius.

Today, we're going to be learning all about how people celebrate Diwali.

First, we're going to recap the story of Diwali.

Then, we're going to learn about how people celebrate Diwali.

And finally, we're going to create our own Mehndi pattern.

In this lesson you're only going to need two things, some paper, and some coloured pens or pencils.

Pause the video here, make sure you've got those two things and come back when you're ready.

Star words, star words, star words My turn, Diwali, Diwali Diwali means row of a lighted lamps.

It is the Hindu festival of lights, and we're going to find out why this Hindu celebration is called Diwali in just a moment.

So, as you heard in the video, Hindus believe that a very, very, very long time ago, there was a warrior Prince called Rama and he was married to a princess called Sita.

The evil king with twenty heads and twenty arms decided that he wanted to be married to princess Sita instead.

This evil King called Rivana took Sita away.

Rama went looking for Sita and on his way, he met a monkey god called Hanuman in the forest.

Hanuman helped Rama to look for princess Sita.

Together they found her trapped on an Island.

The monkey god Hanuman gathered his monkey army.

And together with Rama they fought the evil King Rivana.

It looked like they weren't going to win.

But then all of a sudden they won the battle and Rama and Sita were together again.

They travelled back to their village in the middle of the night and it was very, very dark outside, but they found that their village had lit hundreds and hundreds of little lamps to help guide them back home.

And this is why Hindu celebrate the festival of Diwali.

But how do Hindu celebrate the Diwali? Can you remember some of the ways that were talked about in the video? Tell your screen.

That's right.

Hindus, celebrate Diwali by lighting lamps, just like the villages who lit lamps to guide Rama and Sita home after they were reunited.

Hindus also celebrate by decorating their hands with beautiful patterns called Mehndi patterns.

These are a sign of celebration and a symbol of health and luck.

Many Hindus also celebrate Diwali with fireworks and rangoli patterns, which are beautiful bright patterns that bring good luck and welcome guests.

For many people Diwali is also a festival that honours Lakshmi the god of wealth.

Many Hindus believe that rangoli patterns and deer lamps welcome Lakshmi into people's homes.

And many people also leave their windows and doors open to welcome Lakshmi into their homes during Diwali.

Other ways of celebrating Diwali include having a big feast and giving gifts like dried fruit and sweets.

People also clean their homes and buy new clothes for Diwali.

We're going to have a go at celebrating Diwali by making our very own Mehndi pattern.

So to start off with, I would like you to get your piece of paper, put your hand in the middle and draw around your hand.

Being really careful to go to the tips of all your fingers and back down, and make sure that you go slowly so that you don't miss any part of your hand.

Do a little bit of your wrist as well.

There we go.

So pause the video here, draw around your hand, and come back when you're finished.

Great job everyone.

Now it's time to have a go at creating a beautiful pattern just like Hindus create when they're drawing Mehndi patterns.

As you can see I'm using lots of little lines, and flower petal shapes on my Mehndi pattern.

But you can choose whatever you would like to do.

Mehndi patterns are usually brown or black.

So I am using a brown pen for mine.

But if you would like to use a coloured pen or pencil, that's fine you can do that as well.

Now I'm doing some larger petal shapes, to go in between those smaller ones.

I'm going to take that all the way around my hand.

And here I'm doing some little dots as well, because Mehndi patterns using lots of different patterns as part of their decoration.

So pause the video here, make a start on your Mehndi pattern and come back when you're ready.

So now I'm going to have a go at showing you how you can make your Mehndi pattern a bit bigger and more exciting.

So I'm drawing a big circle and another circle inside And again I'm doing some more little lines, to make a really detailed pattern.

Lots of Mehndi patterns also use beautiful swirly lines.

And now I'm going to do some petals, around the outside of my circle as well.

So that it looks a bit like a flower.

Am being really careful not to go over the bits that I've already done.

There we go.

So you can see here that I finished my Mehndi pattern by adding some more swirls, and some more petals that creep up my fingers as well.

So pause the video here, add your last touches to your Mehndi pattern and come back when you're ready.

Excellent job everyone.

I hope you like your beautiful design.

We know that one of the ways that people celebrate Diwali is by creating these beautiful Mehndi patterns on their hands.

But how else do people celebrate Diwali? Think back to the start of the lesson.

How else do people celebrate Diwali? Tell your screen.

That's right.

Some people like deer lamps, some people clean their homes.

some people have a lovely big feast, and some people even like fireworks and create rangoli patterns to celebrate Diwali.

Well done for showing such good understanding of the Diwali celebration.

I hope you enjoyed your lesson today, and I really look forward to seeing you next time.

Bye everyone.