Indian Association celebrates festival of lights

(CS) Luxembourg's Indian community came together on Saturday evening to celebrate the traditional festival of lights, or Diwali.

Every year, the Indian Association of Luxembourg holds a big celebration with song and dance to celebrate Diwali, a traditional Hindu holiday, which is also marked in other religions, such as Sikhism.

Diwali, sometimes also spelled Deewali, is seen as a chance of spiritual renewal and light conquering darkness. It also marks the beginning of the new financial year in the Indian business community.

In Luxembourg, the festivities started with a traditional Pooja worship, followed by Bollywood and traditional Punjabi song and dance performances. Later in the evening everyone got a chance to cut some shapes on the dance floor to music from a Bollywood DJ.

A scrumptious spread was prepared by Indian restaurant New Delhi in Gasperich to fuel revellers well into the night.

Find out more about the Indian Association of Luxembourg on their Facebook page and don't miss their next event in November.