Celebrating our School Diversity

Celebrating our School Diversity: Ni Chonghaile Family

Thank you to Aashi and Mahi’s family for sharing two of their important Hindi traditions:

Navratri is celebrated every year over nine nights. The festival honours the divine feminine. We celebrate the victory of Goddess Durga. She had a battle with a powerful demon so we celebrate the victory of good over evil. We celebrate nine forms of the deity.  Here are some pictures of us from the Navratri festival:

We celebrate with dancing called Garba - famous in the Gujarat region of India. 

Diwali:

In our last Newsletter we had a mini feature of another Hindu Festival: Diwali. Here are some pictures of Aashi, Mahi and their family celebrating Diwali:

WOULD YOU LIKE TO SHARE SOMETHING WITH OUR SCHOOL COMMUNITY?

If you would like to share your celebrations of any culturally significant event with our community, we would love to hear from you and we will share your story in our CHPS School Newsletter. 

To share, please email Sophie Gammon sophie.gammon@education.vic.gov.au with the following: 

1. Your names and the names of your children attending CHPS. 

2. A photo of your family (preferably during your celebrations). 

3. A couple of sentences of what the celebration means to you and your family. 

4. A brief explanation of what you and your family and friends do to mark this important celebration