HCM City Indian community celebrates Festival of Lights
VOV.VN - If all goes as planned, more than one thousand Ho Chi Minh City-area residents will gather at the GEM Centre this coming November 5 for the annual celebration of Diwali Dhamaka, the Hindu Festival of Lights.
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An Incham rep said the annual event gives Indians a sense of nostalgia for their home country and it’s a chance for them to meet with different communities across HCM City, meet more people and make new friends.
It’s a festival that is celebrated across India, said the rep, noting there are different interpretations of Diwali in different parts of India. But there is one common theme, and that is the victory of good over evil.
Worldwide, a weeklong series of events surrounds Diwali, which will be officially observed on Saturday, November 5 (local time). It’s the biggest Hindu festival of the year welcoming Indians from all walks of life to come together.
We will have a cultural program where kids and adults participate and a grand feast and dancing and music, and then it all culminates with a fireworks extravaganza that is very symbolic of Diwali, the Festival of Lights, said the rep.
Diwali has many similarities to the celebration of Christmas. There are gift exchanges, good food, and gatherings of family and friends. And like Christmas, Diwali has become very commercialized.
He said the event will also raise money for a variety of charitable causes in HCM City.
