A couple of celebrations occurred this week in the library.

Dewali Celebration - Happy Dewali

Diwali, Dewali, Deepavali, or Divali is one of the biggest festivals in Indian culture which is known as the Festival of Lights. It is a religious festival for Hinduism, Jainism, Buddhism and Sikhism.

Indian communities are celebrating Diwali Festival which has grown to be hugely popular, and free family friendly events have been organized around cities to showcase traditional and contemporary Indian culture. Diwali celebrates for five days, and the fourth day is the new year on the Hindu calendar. During the festival, Diyas are lit and placed in rows along the walls of temples and houses to enlighten the darkness of life and hope to get wealth and success in life. Our Indian student librarians created an amazing display in the library on Dewali.

Battle of the Bibliophiles

A Christchurch Girls' High School / Te Kura o Hine Waiora team are going to participate in the national reading competition, Battle of Bibliophiles, on Wednesday from 10.30am-12.30pm in the library.  Anna Gardiner, Lily Stott, Olivia Donaldson, Anika Mackle-Bayley, Annabel Diprose and Annabelle Sewell, all from Year 10 are participating the competition. Teams from fifty different high schools will part in the digital reading competition of questions based on fifteen selected books and Britannica school.

Waimarie Girls!!

Librarians’ Pink Day Stall

For the first time, our librarians held a bake sale to join the pink day celebrations and they decorated their stalls and dressed up in pink to make the event cheerful.