Celebrating different cultures - Raksha Bandhan, a Hindu festival

To celebrate different cultures, each class has enjoyed finding out about a festival in a different country. We will share what we have found about in a special assembly tomorrow.

Kestrel Class have been learning about a festival called Raksha Bandhan, which is a Hindu festival. Approximately 80% of the population of India follow the Hindu religion and there are many Hindus around the world. In this festival, traditionally there is a ceremony between siblings, but these days, this has been broadened to celebrating loyalty and support between other family members, friends and even between leaders of countries. 

We learnt some of the principles of the Hindu religion, then played a game to remember them...

After that, we wrote prayers to share with a special person from home and also for ourselves, to show support and loyalty...

Then we designed and made modern versions of a Rakhi bracelet, which we can give to our chosen person as a gift to show our loyalty and support, similar to how Hindus give bracelets to show these feelings at the Raksha Bandhan festival...

This was the first time that many of the children had sewn on a button- another life skill.

Here are our finished bracelets...

We can let others know about Raksha Bandhan, the Hindu religion and India; what will we find out about other countries tomorrow in our sharing assembly?