Diwali Decorations For A Bright Life

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Diwali, the festival of light is celebrated with elegant decorations both inside and outside the house. During the festival of Diwali the surroundings are decorated from every nook and corner. It becomes as important to decorate the outside of the house as it is to beautify the interior of it. During Diwali, the most important part of outdoor decoration is lighting. Diwali lighting begins from the traditional candles and 'diyas' to modern eye-blinking electric lights. Diwali decorations include colorful 'rangolies' and floral decorations.

The enthusiasm of Diwali is at full swing as the Diwali day comes nearer. Diwali decorations begin from cleaning the house and surroundings and whitewashing or painting the house. After the cleaning people embellish houses with various decorative items. The elaborate decorations at home are a symbol of happiness as everyone enjoys the season.

Diwali Lighting

The most important way of Diwali decoration is lights and diyas. You can add a personal touch to your lighting arrangements by designing or modifying your own lights. Light stands made of bamboo are widely used in India. Clay diyas are easy to make to save a lot of money spending on diyas every year. Electric lights are best fitting to decorate the outer house. Today there are glamorized sundry patterned and gracefully designed lights are available. In order to cover the entire house you can use out of rope lights, string lights, net of lights etc… People prefer candles to be lit at home because of their soothing effect. Burning candle, floating on a pond is an eye catching scene.

Floral Decorations

Flowers are best options to adorn your home for any occasion. They are one of the God's wonderful creations and therefore make every heart blossom with joy. Markets offer a lot of floral items that you can buy during Diwali in order to decorate the outside as well as inside of your house. The art of floral decoration is consisted in the skill of arranging the flowers fitting to the surroundings. On Diwali you can fix decorated petals everywhere at home. Lights along with floral decoration will look magnificent.

Rangoli Rangoli is another important form of Diwali decoration. It is believed that during Diwali Goddess Lakshmi will visit every home. Thus rangoli is made to welcome Lakshmi, who is the Goddess of wealth and prosperity. People use it to welcome the gusts too. Rangoli could either be painted or made with dry colours. Rangolis can be made in various geometrical designs, religious themes, ornamental designs etc. The central rangoli design is the symbolic one denoting the deity or the theme. Motifs generally created are lotus, fish, birds, snakes etc. which reflects the unity of man and beast. Most of the rangoli designs are circular exuding a sense of endlessness of time. Celestial symbols such as the sun, moon and other zodiac signs are also common themes for rangoli. The raw materials mainly used to make rangoli are edibles like rice flour, pulse and leaves. All over India, floor paintings are essentially white in color. White is a symbol of peace, purity and tranquility.

Diwali decorations, especially the light decorations are meant to make the atmosphere scintillating as people decorate houses and surroundings with exquisite lights. After all the festival of Diwali is all about glittering lights in the darkness just as it brings the light of knowledge and purity to our soul.