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Diwali This article is about the Hindu festival. For the related Jain festival with the same name, see  Diwali (Jainism) . "Dipavali" and "Deepavali" redirect here. For the related Nepalese festival, see  Tihar . For the films, see  Deepavali (disambiguation) . Diwali  or  Deepavali  is the  Hindu  festival of lights celebrated every year in autumn in the northern hemisphere (spring in southern hemisphere). It is an official holiday in  Fiji ,  Guyana ,  India , [5]   Malaysia ,  Mauritius ,  Myanmar ,  Nepal ,  Singapore ,  Sri Lanka ,  Suriname ,  Trinidad and Tobago , and recently  Sindh  Province in Pakistan. One of the most popular festivals of Hinduism, it spiritually signifies the victory of light over darkness, good over evil, knowledge over ignorance, and hope over despair. Its celebration includes millions of lights shining on housetops, outside doo...