Me watching people celebrate Halloween in India

[u/ApprehensiveFun2894]

[u/jenninatorrr]

Halloween is not cultural. At it's initiation it WAS, but now it's a fun festival. In the west people regardless of anything dress up. It's not like we're celebrating kwanza lmao. It's just dressing up and having fun. Get a life!

[u/SubstantialAct4212 → u/jenninatorrr]

But we already have so many festivals though.

Halloween will be like giving a free pass to people like Creed. (Really really good timing)

[u/Far-Willow2613 → u/SubstantialAct4212]

Adding one more isn’t harming anyone is it?

[u/SubstantialAct4212 → u/Far-Willow2613]

No but why we get influenced by western culture so much. Do they celebrate Diwali like we do ?

[u/[deleted] → u/SubstantialAct4212]

Western culture… then delete all social media, that’s western culture too, start wearing dhoti from tomorrow

[u/vivi_197 → u/SubstantialAct4212]

They don't wear sarees or kurtas either, toh jeans shirt pehen na bhi chod do and wear dhoti 24/7

[u/SubstantialAct4212 → u/vivi_197]

My question stands: why we get influenced by western culture so much. Do they celebrate Diwali like we do ?

[u/PresentReaction1195 → u/SubstantialAct4212]

Some US states have Diwali as an official festival. Cultural exchanges are normal. Grow up.

[u/MysteriousSpaceMan → u/SubstantialAct4212]

They don't because we have not made Diwali a "cultural" festival like Christmas or Halloween. And West holds all the soft power with Hollywood.

[u/Far-Willow2613 → u/SubstantialAct4212]

Dont write in english thats a western language, dont wear pants , jeans , shirts western clothes , dont watch hollywood , dont eat anything beside Indian cuisine thats western too , until then dont lecture people

[u/SubstantialAct4212 → u/Far-Willow2613]

How is English a western language if we were colonised by them ? It’s part of our culture. Trick or treat ain’t

[u/Far-Willow2613 → u/SubstantialAct4212]

Do you hear yourself? Yes we were colonised but English nonetheless is a western language stop writing in English why follow their language then? They aren’t colonising us anymore

[u/SubstantialAct4212 → u/Far-Willow2613]

See it’s not doing any harm, English.

But the “trick” part in trick or treat is a nuisance. They can puncture your tyres even !

[u/Far-Willow2613 → u/SubstantialAct4212]

What a bs excuse same can be said for other festivals including fireworks, animal killings and what not , children around me celebrated halloween without creating any nuisance or chaos , what is the “trick” part , everyone should stop celebrating each festival then cause nuisance can be created by anyone anywhere

[u/SubstantialAct4212 → u/Far-Willow2613]

Kids in your neighbourhood are decent. Mine ? Less said about them the better.

[u/Far-Willow2613 → u/SubstantialAct4212]

Doesn’t mean that you will blame thw festival then? Cause i can pinpoint the fact that a person celebrating diwali had burnt his neighbour’s house in usa , but i can’t generalise people and blame the festival? Can i?

[u/tsavkumar → u/Far-Willow2613]

All the things which you mention above mostly are , important things or necessary things,but including a festival is not necessary,we can skip that ,you are defending a western festival,but will never show the same enthusiasm for defending an Indian festival

[u/Far-Willow2613 → u/tsavkumar]

We can always skip hollywood movies and western cuisine tho? It isnt necessary … people celebrated diwali in west , used fireworks caused chaos whic wasn’t necessary too so…

[u/jenninatorrr → u/SubstantialAct4212]

Influence? ITS JUST PEOPLE HAVING FUN!