00:00Deepavali festival means that every house in the country is lit up with the lights of Deepavali.
00:05People are dancing with joy.
00:07But there is one village that doesn't celebrate Deepavali festival.
00:10It is in Anakapalli district in our state.
00:12When it comes to Deepavali festival,
00:14there is no festival in Ravikamatham Mandalam, Kittampetam village,
00:17which is surrounded by many villages.
00:19For 70 years, the people of this village have not celebrated Deepavali festival.
00:22In the past, there was a fire accident on the day of the festival.
00:25As soon as the fire was extinguished, the villagers stopped celebrating Deepavali with fear.
00:29When we asked our elders,
00:31they told us that the fire was extinguished when the villagers were celebrating Deepavali.
00:38As a result, we have not been able to celebrate Deepavali festival in our village.
00:43When we asked our children,
00:45they told us that they were not able to celebrate Deepavali festival
00:49because the village was not celebrating Deepavali festival.
00:53The entire village is not celebrating Deepavali festival.
00:56As a result, no one is celebrating Deepavali festival our Kittamthali village.
01:02Since then, our elders have stopped celebrating our festival.
01:04So, we have been saying to our children and growing generation
01:07that we should go and celebrate our festival.
01:18In the past 70 years, the village was celebrating its Deepavali festival daily.
01:21Surprisingly, we have not celebrated Deepavali festival.
01:24We don't understand what the elders are saying and we don't want to listen to them.
01:33We don't want to listen to the elders and we don't want to celebrate the festival.
01:38We don't understand what the elders are saying and we don't want to listen to them.
01:44That's why we don't want to celebrate the festival.
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