It’s Diwali
time here in India – the Festival of Lights and is one of the most important festivals
in the Hindu calendar.
Think
of it as the equivalent of Christmas for Christians.
It’s
all about spending time with family and the most important thing: fireworks !!
The streets
around Vasant Vihar have been reverberating to the occasional fireworks going
off.
That
will all change tonight: it’ll get very loud over the next two nights.
I
stand by my description of Diwali from last year: it looks like downtown Baghdad
in 2003 (think anti-aircraft fire) and sounds like the Syrian Civil War is
going on outside your door.
The
High Commission hosted the Diwali party yesterday on the back lawns of the High
Commissioner’s residence.
It
was a great afternoon celebrating Diwali. Everyone was invited: the LES,
domestic staff, the cleaners, the gardeners, friends and family.
Everyone
got into the spirit of celebrating and having a great time.
The
ladies all dressed up and the men dressed up.
Some
of the sections put on performances, which in the spirit of Bollywood, involved
lots of dancing.
DIAC
even put on a version of “Titanic” where no-one died when the ship sank - the
hero drank the waters and saved everyone (I think...it was kind of hard to
follow the storyline). What did you expect with the Bollywood version ??
After
the formalities and prize draws, it was time to dance and boy, do the locals
know how to party on !!
The
dancing continued for a good three hours.
There
were even fireworks.
It
was really fun afternoon and unfortunately, our last Diwali !!
Thanks
to Charles, Lynne, Jaspreet and the rest of the committee for all their efforts
in organising the event. Well done to all of you !!
I did
go a bit crazy with the camera so here is a selection of photos from the
afternoon that I hope you like:
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| Now here's a dodgy bunch !! |
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| HOM lighting the Diwali flame |
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| Partying on the HOM's back lawns |
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| Charles: the man of the hour |
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