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Deepavali, the beloved festival of lights, has been inscribed on the UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage List. This recognition celebrates the festival's deep cultural significance, its values of ...

Diwali is one of the most important Hindu festivals and is celebrated in many South Asian communities. Beginning on Thursday, Oct. 31, many people around the world will observe Diwali, or Deepavali, ...

UNESCO inscribed Deepavali on its Intangible Cultural Heritage list during a key meeting hosted in Delhi for the first time. Culture Minister Shekhawat called the tag both an honour and a ...

Courtesy of Smarani Komanduri/MiC. “You wouldn’t believe it! It was there in BIG letters reading ‘Happy Diwali!’” my mother informed me excitedly. “Really? At WALMART?” I was puzzled. Even more so, I ...

Some homes in Florida are about to light up, and not with Halloween or Christmas lights. Diwali, or the five-day Festival of Lights, will be celebrated Monday, Oct. 20. Millions of Hindus and South ...

Known as the festival of lights, Diwali or Deepavali is one of the most important Hindu festivals, celebrated both in and outside Sri Lanka. This year the festival will be celebrated on October 20 ...

If there’s one thing Malaysians know how to do best, it’s celebrating Deepavali, with colour, music, food and of course, bazaar hopping. Whether you’re hunting for that perfect saree, craving for ...

Close your eyes. Inhale. What do you smell? Not the grand, obvious things, but the whispers in the air, the ghosts of festivities from the past and the present. For a festival of lights, it is ...