The Sati curse!
A Himachal Pradesh women committed Sati on a Diwali day. Till now the people of Sammoo village in Hamirpur district, prefer not to celebrate Diwali. The elders of the village warned the youngsters that if they celebrate this particular day, there will be misfortune, disaster and deaths. The legend has it that a woman left her parents's home to celebrate Diwali. On her way she came to known of her soldier husband's death.She immediately decided to burn herself in her husband"s pyre, though she was pregnant! The villagers follow this so strictly that they prefer to stay out of any Diwali celebrations even when they are not in the village!