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WHEN IS DIWALI

Diwali, Dipavali, Divali or Deepawali, which is also known as 'the festival of lights', is the Indian festival that brings a series of festivals with it. One after another we get a chance to celebrate five festivals together. The people of all age groups and classes with equal zeal and enthusiasm celebrate Diwali throughout India. They put on new apparels and participate in the various activities that are related to Diwali celebrations. Diwali falls on the day of 'Amavasyaa' usually in the month of October or November.On this day people light tiny diyas to fill their homes with bright light and create lovely designs all around their home with colorful rangoli art. Diwali is not only a festival of celebrations such as lightings, crackers, social gatherings to exchange greetings and sharing sweets with your loved ones but it is also a festival that is filled with spiritualism and religious activities such as worship of Goddess Lakshmi, worship of Lord Ganesha, worship of Mother Kali, worship of Lord Chitragupta and worship of Govardhan Parvat.

India is a country that is culturally so rich that it celebrates one or the other festival almost every month. And most of these festivals have their origin in Indian Mythology and there is very interesting stories about them. It is the spiritual and religious richness in India that each festival is related to some or other deity. One of such festivals is the 'festival of lights', Deepawali. Dipavali is the Indian festival that brings a series of festivals with it. One after another it gives a chance to celebrate five festivals together. Return of Shri Ram Chandra to Ayodhyaa The most famous legend behind the celebrations of diwali is about the prince of Ayodhya Nagri, Lord Shri Ram Chandra. The story goes like the king of Lanka, Ravan kidnapped Ram Chandra's wife, Sita from the jungle where they were staying as per the instructions of King Dashratha, father of Ram Chandra. Then Ram Chandra attacked Lanka and killed Ravan and released Sita from imprisonment. He returned to Ayodhyaa with his wife Sita and younger brother Lakshamana after fourteen years. Therefore the people of Ayodhyaa decorated their homes as well as the city of Ayodhyaa by lighting tiny diyas all over in order to welcome their beloved prince Shri Ram Chandra and Devi Sita. Incarnation of Goddess Lakshmi On the auspicious new moon day, which is 'Amavasyaa' of the Hindi month of Kartik the Goddess of wealth and prosperity, Lakshmi was incarnated. She appeared during the churning of the ocean, which is known as 'Samudra Manthan', by the demons on one side and 'Devataas' on the other side. Therefore the worship of Goddess Lakshmi, the Lakshmi Pujan, on the day of Divali became a tradition. Lord Krishna Destroyed Demon Narakasur One famous story behind the celebrations of Diwali is about the demon king Narakasur who was ruler of Pragjyotishpur, a province to the South of Nepal. During a war he defeated Lord Indra and snatched away the magnificent earrings of Mother Goddess Aditi who was not only the ruler of Suraloka but also a relative of Lord Krishna's wife, Satyabhama. Narakasur also imprisoned sixteen thousand daughters of Gods and saints in his harem. With the support of Lord Krishna Satyabhama defeated Narakasur and released all the women from his harem and also restored the magnificent earrings of Mother Goddess Aditi. The Return of the Pandavas The great Hindu epic 'Mahabharata' has another interesting story related to the 'Kartik Amavasyaa'. The story reads that 'the Pandavas', the five brothers Yudhishthhira, Bhima, Arjuna, Nakula and Sahdeva, were sentenced thirteen years banishment as a result of their defeat against 'the Kauravas', Duryodhana and his ninety nine brothers, at the game of dice. Therefore they spent thirteen years in the jungles and returned to their kingdom on the day of 'Kartik Amavasyaa'. On their return the people of their kingdom welcomed the Pandavas by celebrating the event by lighting the earthen lamps all over in their city. Coronation of King Vikramaditya Another legend or story about diwali celebrations relates to one of the greatest Hindu King Vikramaditya. It was the day when he was coroneted and the people celebrated this event by lighting tiny earthen 'diyas'.

Kutolipa mishara mipya ni unyonyaji- ---Wageni wanalipwa mamilioni lakini watanzania kidogo----- Kikwete

Kipanya au Ali Masoud Mtanzania anayepiga step za maisha kwa mahesabu Ni Mtangazaji, Mchora katuni pia ni mtu wa kutengeneza matangazo na nk

Wafanyakazi wenzake Kipanya au jina jepesi Watoto wa Magolofani

kama kumbukumbu ziko karibu juu kwenye kona ni nani ? aliyevaa mkufu

alikuwa rafiki yetu kipenzi lakini ............

His name is Ali Masoud but his cartoon fans know him as Masoud, that's the name that has been appearing on his cartoons for almost Seventeen years now and those who love his radio shows know him as Masoud Kipanya.
He was born in June, 1972, his birthday is on 23rd. During his childhood especially when he was in primary school he was funny, apart from drawing Masoud used to write funny news bulletins and read them to his friends at school.
When he was in standard one at Kijitonyama Primary School he used to go to school with his brother's drawings and pretended that they were done by him. When he reached standard two he decided to stop telling lies, he tried to sketch and the results were amazing. From that moment sky was the only limit for him. He developed his talent by mainly concentrating on portraits and he drew almost all the photos that came his way, and he was good.
His first illustration appeared in the Heko magazine in 1988 and by the beginning of 1989 the magazine was turned into weekly newspaper and the owner asked him if he could draw cartoons especially caricatures of politicians, with his background as a portrait artist that was not an issue and that was when the President Ali Hassan Mwinyi and his cabinet begun to feel the stroke of Masoud's pen.
While with Heko Publishers Masoud got a chance to publish his 32 pages comic book titled ‘Heka Heka za Kalunde Mombasa, a story which was depicting the life of young man who was seeking the greener pasture by stowaway, he illegally boarded the ship in the Dar es salaam Port and found himself in Mombasa where he went through a lot of hardships.
Masoud went on working for different newspapers including Baraza, Business Times, BBC Focus on Africa and kept on doing portraits and paintings while participating in art exhibitions. In 1994 he joined the first independent Tanzanian daily paper, Majira as an editorial cartoonist. While working for Majira he was also appointed to head the weekly cartoon newspaper, Sanifu which was another sharp needle for politicians.
He got married to Sarah in 1999 and in the same year he decided to broaden the spectrum of his art activities by joining the Clouds Entertainment as a radio presenter where he begun with the children's program. In 2000 Masoud and Sarah got a baby boy who was named after Malcolm X, unfortunately things didn't turn according to their plan and they divorced in November 2002.Masoud is an artist who believes in living life as it comes, as the flow forces its way through, he easily goes along with it. He believes that when one feels like screaming then nothing should stop that person from screaming. To him happiness is always created by the person himself thus nobody in this world should complain that this or that person makes him happy or unhappy. Masoud believes in going to an extra mile just to be happy for he only lives once.
He consequently acknowledges the fact that being an artist costs him and he stresses this by saying “Artists tend to want to have their own world where they could live and do things as they wish. They have their way of looking at things, not a normal way. They apply art in every thing and every step of their life to the extent of becoming nuisance to those around them. They are easily identified as the most selfish people the world has ever seen though in realistic they are not.”
Masoud discloses that those who fall in love with artists may agree with him for in most cases they end up being disappointed simply because they don't understand them. It is very difficult to live with an artist. They never reach a conclusion as a normal person does and this can be seen when they work, it is only the deadlines that make them stop doing what they do, they are never satisfied with the strokes of their brushes or pens, given time they can spend time putting the unthinkable and impossible details on their drawings and funny enough they do the same to their daily lives.
On the issue of not easily being satisfied as an artist which others regard it as being perfectionist, Masoud recalls one incident when he was designing a logo for his clothing line, “to date, I have done about twenty drawings and I'm still not happy about the way they look, surprisingly, people love each of them, I'm confused but I guess I just have to learn how to agree with me, myself and I.
I personally can not call this state as ‘being perfectionist' to me it's just a state of not wanting to irritate the eye of the person who will be watching what I have done. It has got nothing to do with being perfectionist, I don't like the way it sounds because even The Almighty God has failed to be perfect that's why some people are beautiful and some are ugly. I strongly believe it is just art”
Throughout his life as an artist Masoud has been around the world attending symposiums, exhibitions and other art activities and he has won several awards and prizes in art competitions. As a human being, Masoud is ambitious. his ambitions are, to become the president of the United Republic of Tanzania, to own a significant number of outlets worldwide that will be selling his cloths (he owns a clothing line ‘KP' which is a contraction of the word Kipanya) and to have a syndicate that will be selling his animation cartoons worldwide. To him it doesn't matter which comes first though it seems like clothing line is getting all the attention as a top priority.
His own philosophy is ‘God gave us tomorrow to rectify our yesterday's mistakes'

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