The commercialization of festival Diwali has eroded their real significance -views?
Commercialization has far reaching effects on festivals across
the globe. The impact of commercialization has marred the real
meaning of religious and traditional customs. I express my views
hereafter in favour of the topic. The growing trend of
globalization has cast negative impression on age old beliefs.
People tend to celebrate festivals not only as a customary practice
but also as a means to exercise their spending power. In this way,
festivals loose their real significance since their aim was first,
to spread love and peace and second, to celebrate the festival
keeping in mind the reason why the festival was being celebrated.
How many people today celebrate festivals, keeping in mind the
religious/ spiritual connection? There are also some religious
stories and incidents because of which a festival came into being,
about which a majority of us are still unaware and we do not even
make an effort to find out about them.
The main reason for which people look forward to festivals is a
holiday from work to enjoy and relax. Many of them do not even
bother about doing a religious ceremony, or thinking about any
deity related with the festival even once. What excites them the
most is showing off their wealth by exchanging gifts. Even
middle-class people are caught up in this trap. Earlier, people
would take out time to wish friends and relatives, but now people
tend to feel that they have done their duty by just sending an SMS.
In fact their day should begin with pure joy and end with pure
satisfaction, of doing a good deed, that is spreading love.
Earlier, festivals like diwali and holi were family occasions.
Diwali was celebrated by lighting small diyas and candles, having a
small puja and burning a few crackers to rejoice the homecoming of
Rama along with Sita and Laxman from his exile in Ayodhya on this
day. Houses were white-washed and new clothes were bought. But now
with commercialization it's a pure show of money, people buy
designer lights,...