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Celebrate Diwali with SBS

Celebrate Diwali with SBS
From gold coins to gulabaroons, Diwali celebration and gifting gets amped up in Australia
Diwali's timeless traditions illuminate hearts across generations and continents
Festival of flavour: Kishwar Chowdhury presents four dishes to make Diwali even more delicious

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Across the SBS Network

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What is Diwali and how do Australian communities celebrate it?

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'A celebration of life': Why Diwali is special for so many communities

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How Priya is breaking down barriers for women in music

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This is Australia's fastest-growing migrant community

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From gold coins to gulabaroons, Diwali celebration and gifting gets amped up in Australia

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What Diwali celebrations mean to me as a psychologist

Diwali Videos

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Explainer: What is Diwali?

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Diwali's timeless traditions illuminate hearts across generations and continents

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Kishwar Chowdhury interviews with Sweet India and presents Mishti Doi recipe

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Interview with Rina and Seema and Kishwar's Diwali Grazing Board

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Interview with Karegar and Chole Bhature Recipe

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Interview with the Nara Family and Pani Puri Recipe

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Embracing Diwali: A Multicultural Celebration of Light and Love

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One SBS, Many Diwalis

Celebrate Diwali in your language

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সিডনিতে সম্মিলিত বিজয়া সম্মিলন অনুষ্ঠিত

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“অস্ট্রেলিয়ায় সবার সঙ্গে মিলে-মিশে দিওয়ালী উদযাপন করি”

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“বাঙালি হিন্দুরা ঘরে ঘরে লক্ষ্মীপূজা করে থাকে”

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ভিক্টোরিয়ার জিলং-এ বাংলাভাষীদের দুর্গাপূজা অনুষ্ঠিত

Upcoming Events

Friday, 17 November 2023
🕟 4:30 PM - 9:00 PM
🪔 Diwali 2023 at Hobart by Deepavali Tasmania Inc.*
📍 Franklin Square, Hobart, TAS.
Saturday, 18 November 2023
🕛 12:00 PM to 9:00 PM
🪔 Diwali at Little India by Little India Australia & Little Australia Foundation*
📍Wigram Street, Harris Park, Sydney, NSW.
Saturday, 18 November 2023
🕕 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM
🪔 Diwali Street Festival by Cumberland City Council*
📍Station Street, Wentworthville, Sydney, NSW.

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Mitu Bhowmick Lange begins her Diwali celebrations early with Bengal’s famous Durga Puja

Join host Raksha Burman in conversation with Mitu Bhowmick Lange, a Melbourne based film distributor, producer and festival director of Indian Film Festival of Melbourne. Hear about Mitu’s Bengali roots and celebration of Durga puja, a popular festival celebrated in Eastern India in the lead up to Diwali.

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Diwali Recipes

Kishwar Chowdhury's pani puri recipe

Pani puri

Mishti Doi by Kishwar Chowdhury

Mishti doi (sweetened yoghurt)

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Kishwar's Diwali grazing board

Chole bhature (chickpea curry)

Chole bhature (chickpea curry with fried bread)

Diwali on SBS On Demand

Romantic Razia

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The Rising: Ballad of Mangal Pandey

biography

Girls of Paadhai

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Basic Instinct 2

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Celebrate Diwali with the My Diwali podcast

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My Diwali

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Diwali classroom activities

This resource provides teachers and students with the opportunity to gain a greater understanding of the South Asian cultural celebration Diwali/Deepavali.