Celebrating all the colorful, bountiful and joyous things life has to offer, the ancient Hindu celebration of Diwali (“festival of lights”) has remained the brightest and largest festival in India while at the same time stretching its influence to the rest of the Asian continent. In the sacred Hinduism language of Sanskrit, “Diwali” translates to “row of lights” and is celebrated each year during springtime in the Southern Hemisphere and autumn in the Northern Hemisphere.
Diwali Festival in Delhi India by Michael Bonocore
Diwali Festival in Delhi India by Michael Bonocore
Diwali Festival in Delhi India by Michael Bonocore
Diwali Festival in Delhi India by Michael Bonocore
Diwali Festival in Delhi India by Michael Bonocore
Diwali Festival in Delhi India by Michael Bonocore
Since this festivity promotes the importance of keeping hope alive and embracing a bright outlook in life, houses all over India are adorned with candles, fairy lights and other intricately designed clay lamps shining collectively to symbolize the guiding light that shield each household from dark spirits and other forms of sadness.
The many facets of Diwali showcase a stunning visual feast consisting of images of locals all over India indulging in a variety of manner of revelry which includes lighting up of firecrackers, staging colorful cultural shows, all while adorned with artistic costumes mimicking other forms of merrymaking.
If you are a travel photographer whose interest greatly resides in documenting colorful cultures and traditions, then photographing the Diwali Festival should be included in the upper bracket of your bucket list.
Diwali is a joyful celebration of the victory of good over evil, of our spiritual qualities dominating our basic instincts, and of intellect conquering ego.
– Anonymous
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