Diwali – Five plans to make your corporate Diwali festival celebration and treasured for a lifetime

Let us celebrate the great Indian Tradition of

Joy, Light, Sweets & Happiness

Happy Diwali

― Abdul Siddiqui 

Corporate celebrations creative ideas

“But each year, Bali is allowed to rise up above the ground. His arrival is marked by many festivals such as Diwali in north India and Onam in Kerala. It is a time of bounty and prosperity. To get the harvest to the granary, Bali has to be killed, like all Asuras. Only when shoved underground, will he return the following year, nourished by Sanjivani Vidya, with yet another bountiful harvest.”
— Devdutt Pattanaik (Seven secrets of Vishnu)

Diwali is around the corner, and there is not much time left for the celebration to begin. It is the most significant and auspicious festival every Indian celebrates with joy. We believe that Goddess Lakshmi roams the earth on this day and enters our home in her pure, clean and bright avatar. It is also a special moment as the family, friends and neighbours gather to have a feast together and share the beautiful bonding.

Gone are the days Diwali was just limited in the family affair, now it is also a great time to nurture office relationships too. Most of the companies organize grand celebrations at the office as it can create a good bonding between employees.

Are you looking for some excellent ideas on how you can celebrate Diwali at your office and increase employee engagement? Here are some creative ideas to make the day fun and memorable.

“You cannot celebrate the festival of light before combating the darkness within.”

― Kapil Raj

Ideas to make Diwali at your office memorable

To Preach what we Practice at BSS business consultancy private limited

• A grand decoration to the entrance

Decorations are a part of every festival. You can place Ganesh, Lakshmi & Saraswati idols in the reception area along with a huge Rangoli. You can also use earthen days, floating candles, electric lights, flowers, drapes and more.

• Fun contests

Diwali is an opportunity for having fun or celebration. So, you can organize a few contests including Quiz competition, Rangoli competition, Diya decoration and Thaali decoration. You can ask the employee to decorate their bay and announce exciting prizes for the winning team. If you want to make it even more fun, you can also give them a task to speak something about their favourite colleague.

• Ethnic wear contest

It is another fun activity you can organize. Ask your employees to come in ethnic attires. Arrange a competition between the employees on the day of celebration and pick out the one who dressed up the best. Give away prizes for the best-dressed male and female members.

• 1970 Dress wears.
• 1990 Dress codes.

• Guess who?

Another fun activity you can consider is ‘guessing who competition’. You can secretly request all your employees to submit their childhood photos in advance. On the festival day, you can put up the pictures on a large board. As a part of the game, you can ask them to guess who among them it is.

Sweets and Diwali are made for each other 

• Make sweet together

Diwali is a festival of sweets. So, you can make sweets together at the office and gift it to each other.

It will be certainly a treasurable experience for everyone. Similarly, You can also bring some food or sweet from home and share it with your employees. If everyone does the same, everyone can taste different recipes while enjoying the feast.

People await Diwali the whole year to open the door of celebration. Nevertheless, The preparation starts almost a month before the festival. So, this year make a grand celebration in your office following all the above tips.

The games and contests can bring in so much positivity and build team spirit amongst the team members. Primarily, you can also offer gifts to your employees, which include sweet boxes, chocolates, shopping voucher, hampers, silver idols, electronic gadgets, and so on. It can be very motivating for the employees.

• Sweets from Home:

With the diversifies culture in corporate offices. Bring sweets from home can be one way to make ourself feel being an Indian.

• Find treasures:

Secret papers giving clues on the next clue. Furthermore, the list keeps going until the final gift is found out is one fun-filled game to lighten the office with smiles.

Make this Diwali 2019 a fun-filled activity to bring more ( the lost ) smiles in all your colleagues.

May the beauty of Diwali season

Fill your home with Happiness,

And May the coming Year

Provide you with all

That brings you Joy!

― Bharat Arora