ʻO Diwali ka ʻahaʻaina Hindu o nā kukui me kona mau ʻano like ʻole i hoʻolauleʻa ʻia ma nā hoʻomana India ʻē aʻe. He hōʻailona ia i ka "lanakila o ka mālamalama ma luna o ka pouli, ka maikaʻi ma luna o ka hewa, a me ka ʻike ma luna o ka naʻaupō". Hoʻolauleʻa ʻia ʻo Diwali i nā mahina lunisolar Hindu o Ashvin (e like me ka moʻomeheu amanta) a me Kartika-ma waena o waena o Kepakemapa a me ka waena o Nowemapa. ʻelima a ʻeono lā mau lā hoʻolauleʻa.

ʻO ka mua heʻahaʻaina Hindu, hoʻolauleʻaʻia nāʻano likeʻole o Diwali e nā poʻe pili i nā manaʻoʻiʻo'ē aʻe. Nānā nā Jains i kā lākou Diwali pono'ī e hōʻailona ana i ka hoʻokuʻu hopeʻia o Mahavira. Hoʻolauleʻa nā Sikhs iā Bandi Chhor Divas e hōʻailona i ka hoʻokuʻuʻiaʻana o Guru Hargobind mai kahi hale paʻahao Mughal. ʻO nā Buddhist Newar, ʻaʻole like me nā Buddhist ʻē aʻe, hoʻolauleʻa iā Diwali ma ka hoʻomana ʻana iā Lakshmi, aʻo ka poʻe Hindu o India Hikina a me Bangladesh e hoʻolauleʻa pinepine ai iā Diwali ma ka hoʻomana ʻana i ke akua wahine ʻo Kali.

I ka wā o ka ʻahaʻaina, hoʻomālamalama ka poʻe hoʻolauleʻa i ko lākou mau hale, nā luakini a me nā keʻena hana me nā diyas (ʻaila hinu), nā kukui a me nā kukui. He ʻauʻau ʻaila maʻamau ka poʻe Hindu i ka wanaʻao i kēlā me kēia lā o ka ʻahaʻaina. Hōʻailona ʻia ʻo Diwali me nā mea ahi a me ka hoʻonani ʻana o nā papahele me nā hoʻolālā rangoli, a me nā wahi ʻē aʻe o ka hale me nā jhalars. He mea nui ka meaʻai me nā ʻohana e ʻai ana i nā ʻahaʻaina a me ka māhele ʻana i ka mithai. ʻO ka ʻahaʻaina kahi makahiki hoʻi a me ka wā hoʻopaʻa ʻana ʻaʻole wale no nā ʻohana, akā no nā kaiāulu a me nā hui pū kekahi, ʻoi aku ka poʻe ma nā kūlanakauhale, kahi e hoʻonohonoho ai i nā hana, nā hanana a me nā hui. I ka manawa like, inā e kauoha ʻoe i nā huahana mai kā mākou hui i kēia manawa, e like me: RFID card / Sticker / Wristband / Keychain, NFC card, Metal Card, Wooden card, e hāʻawi mākou iā ʻoe i ka uku maikaʻi loa. Makemake ʻo Mind Company i kā mākou mea kūʻai aku ma India i kahi lā hauʻoli!