Lost Diwali; gained Halloween

Day before yesterday was Diwali, the Hindu festival of light. This used to be my favourite festival but I cannot really celebrate it here in US. Although occasionally the Indian community tries to have a Diwali get together it just isn't the same because there is no substitute to being with your family, lighting the oil diyas/candles all over the house and of course the fire crackers. As they say: "In Rome do as Romans do", and so looking around for a new favourite festival I came across Halloween. The children dress up in costumes and go from house to house asking "Trick or Treat" and in return they get candy. The adults too dress up and usually go for parties. It's a lot of fun! This year Anita dressed up as lady bug and I dressed up as a Ringwraith (Lord of the Rings). Here is a picture of the two of us:

Catherine (a friend of Anita who was visiting from Denver) dressed up a Geisha:

And then we went for a fundraising party for the Center for Contemperory Arts in Santa Fe.

Comments

[dinker charak]

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[Jane35]

Nice outfits, halloween is great....

[m.visaya]

serendipity boils down to this:
"i could do anything in eighteen hours," from soup to nuts. i understood the pain a certain roger has... (NRX-555)