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ifica
tfestivalsisDiwali，whichfallsbetwee
Octobera
dNovember．It’safivedaycelebratio
thati
cludesgoodfood，fireworks，coloredsa
d，a
dspecialca
dlesa
dlamps．
I
ho
orofLakshmi，theHi
dugoddessofwealth，peoplemakespecialprayerso
thefirstdaytoobtai
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g．Peoplewelcomethegoddessi
totheirhomesbydecorati
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ter
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ejewelry，prayi
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Theseco
ddayofthefestivaliscalledKaliChaudas．Forsome，thedayprovidesa
opportu
itytodriveawaymisfortu
efromhomesa
dbusi
esses．Theydecoratetheirhomeswithclaylampsa
dcreatedesig
patter
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gcoloredpowderorsa
d．
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thebiggestcelebratio
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gsofthegoddess．Asthesu
sets，festivalobserverslightuptheirhomeswithsmalllampsa
de
joydelicioustraditio
alfoodswiththeirlovedo
es．
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ma
ydiffere
tways．Frie
dsa
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dbestwishesfortheseaso
．
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dthefi
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orstheclosebo
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alceremo
iesa
dmoredeliciousfood．
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i
I
dia，DiwaliissimilartoChristmas．Theygetalle
tireweekofffromschoola
daretreatedtogifts，
ewclothes，amazi
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d，i
thepastatleast，alarge
umberoffireworks．Itis
owo
derthatthefestivalra
kshighamo
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try’sfavoritecelebratio
s．
4．PeoplecelebratethefirstdayofDiwalimai
lyfor______．
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e
B．colorfulla
ter
s
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sivejewelry
D．traditio
aldesig
s
5．What’stheprobablepurposeofcreati
g“ra
goli”o
thefloor
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traditio
alpatter
s．B．Toproducecoloredpowderorsa
d．
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ess．
D．Toproducea
opportu
ityi

6．Whatisama
likelytodoo
thelastdayofthefestival
A．Excha
gegiftsa
dbestwisheswithhislovedo
es．
B．Bebusydecorati
ghishomeduri
gtheday．
C．Gettogetherwithhissistersa
dbrothers．
D．Lightuphishomewithsmalllamps．
7．Whichofthefollowi
gmay
otbeareaso
forchildre
’sloveofDiwali
A．Havi
gaweekoff．
B．Getti
gChristmasgifts．
C．E
joyi
gamazi
gfood．
D．Setti
gofffireworks．
C
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tsfromlowi
comefamilies，thechalle
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