Name: Tashaura Tulloch

School: Mona High School

Territory: Jamaica
Centre Number:
Candidate number:

Introduction

This School Based Assessment (SBA) is to discover two festivals

celebrated in Hinduism, the history of the festivals and to
examine the significance in the Hindu religion.

Acknowledgement

It gives me great gratitude to extend a warm THANK YOU!!! To

the individuals who have assisted me in this School Based
Assessment . Firstly, Almighty God who have given me the kind
words of motivation, inspiring me to do better. And my
Religious Education Teacher Miss Lovelace for teaching me the
necessary things I need to accomplish this SBA.
THANK YOU!!!

Hinduism
Two festivals celebrated in Hinduism, their history and the significance
to the Hindu people.

Statement of Aim
It is the researchers intention to:

To discover two festivals celebrated in the Hinduism religion

To find out the history of Diwali and Holi in the Hinduism religion.
To highlight the significance of Diwali and Holi in the Hinduism
religion.

Data Collection
To collect the data on the Significance of Holi and Diwali in Hinduism a
questionnaire will be used.

A total of 15 questionaire will be prepared. Each will have 15 questions on

both Hindu festivals. Then questionnaires will be given to persons above
the age of 18 years.

These persons will be briefed on the purpose of the questionnaire and

they will be guaranteed strict privacy as it relates to the information. In
other words they will return anonymous.

The sample of persons will be selected from among high school graduates.

Questionnaire
Gender

Male

Female

Age 18 years and up

1 What is your religion?
Judaism
Hinduism
Christianity
Islam
Any indigenious religion
2 Have you ever heard of Diwali and Holi?
Yes

No

Maybe

3 Do you know what takes place at Holi and Diwali festivals?

Yes

No

4 Have you ever been to a Diwali or Holi festivals?

Yes

No

5 If the opportunity of attending a Holi or Diwali festival should

come your way, would you take advantage of it?
Yes

No

Maybe

6 Would you accept an opportunity to take part in a Holi or

Diwali festival?
Yes

No

Maybe

7 Do you think Holi and Diwali are important to Hindu?

Yes

No

Maybe

8 How significant are Holi and Diwali to the Hindu faith?

Very significant
Significant
Not significant
9 Have you ever read any information on Holi and Diwali
festivals?
Yes

No

Not interested

10 Do you think Holi and Diwali festivals can become a part of

Jamaicas cultural presentations?
Yes
11

No

Maybe

Would you be interested in the history of Holi and Diwali?

Yes

No

Maybe

12 Through what medium would you want to learn about Holi

and Diwali?
Movie

documentary

Skit

discussion

13 Would you promote Holi and Diwali festival in Jamaica?

Yes

No

Maybe

14 Do you think Hinduism is having a big impact in our

society?
Yes

No

15 Do you know that Holi and Diwali are two of the most
important festivals in Hinduism?

Yes

No

Was not aware

Summary of Findings
The method used for the collection of data was a questionnaire.

A total of 15 samples were handed out to young students {university} of that number only
15 persons returned completed samples of the questionnaire. Hence, the 15 sample were
interpreted and analysed.

Sales

7%
1st Qtr
2nd Qtr
3rd Qtr

33%
60%