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Key information
Date: Sunday 11 October 2015
Time: 12:00pm to 6:00pm
Venue: Trafalgar Square, Westminster, London, WC2N 5DN, GB
The Diwali Festival, which celebrates the Hindu, Sikh and Jain festival of lights, is organised by the Mayor of London in cooperation with the Diwali in London Committee.
Diwali celebrates the victory of good over evil, light over darkness and knowledge over ignorance, although the actual legends that accompany it differ across India.
Diwali 2015 will focus on the legacies of valour, unity and sacrifice in pursuit of peace and freedom. Working alongside the National Army Museum, it will commemorate the role the Indian sub-continent played in World War I, and pay tribute to the many brave soldiers of the British Empire and Commonwealth who served to protect that freedom, a number of whom lived to tell the tale.
The Children’s Parade will continue these themes, re-enacting the return of victorious Lord Ram to his Kingdom.
Expect a packed line up of the best in contemporary Asian music and dance performed by professional Zee TV artists and talented community groups, with traditional religious music and rites to open and close the show.
The event will offer the chance to taste your way around the best of SE Asian vegetarian cuisine, sample the delights of festival sweets and drinks, enjoy plentiful children’s activities, buy colourful trinkets, don a sari and pose for interactive photo ops and more!
Check out the video from Diwali 2014
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