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\nBy Robert Frank<\/b>
www.thesuburban.com<\/a><\/p>\n

The West Island will see in 2013 more celebration than it ever has before for Diwali\u2014one of the most important and colourful celebrations for the region\u2019s South Asian community.<\/p>\n

The newly revitalized India Canada Organization (ICO) has decided to hold its first formal $75-a-plate Diwali Dinner & Dance at the Pointe Claire Holiday Inn, Nov. 1.<\/p>\n

The feast is in addition to the annual firework display, slated to start at 9:30 p.m., Nov. 3, at the Hindu Mandir at 50 Kesmark, Dollard des Ormeaux. Sikhs will also mark Diwali at Gurdwara Sahib of Greater Montreal, 1155 Hyman.<\/p>\n

For most Indians, Diwali marks the start of their new year. <\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a celebration of hope for the future,\u201d explained Shama Chopra, a founder of the Dollard Hindu temple, \u201cso we celebrate with candles and traditional sweets.\u201d <\/p>\n

\u201cEvery year the date changes,\u201d she told The Suburban.<\/i> The festival of lights is held during the new moon, on the 14th day of the Hindu month of Amavas. \u201cIt is the happiest day of the year.\u201d <\/p>\n

The commemoration is observed by Hindus, Sikhs, Buddhists in India as well as some Indian Roman Catholics.<\/p>\n

\u201cHindu households are decorated with lights and candles,\u201d Chopra said. In the Hindu faith, Diwali marks the occasion when Lakshmi\u2014 the goddess of money\u2014returned from 14 years of exile. \u201cPeople await Lakshmi entering their houses.\u201d<\/p>\n

A fresh start, Diwali is a time for reconciliation and hope for the future, when people put past differences behind them and give symbolic gifts as a sign of renewal. Indian businesses traditionally start their financial year on Diwali.<\/p>\n

According to Chopra, as many as 2,000 people are expected to visit the Dollard des Ormeaux Hindu Mandir, Sunday evening.<\/p>\n

Friday night\u2019s ICO festivities, in contrast, have a capacity of about 250 participants, Chopra said.<\/p>\n

More information about theDiwali Dinner & Dance is available from Naseer Mehdi Khan [514] 999-8595 and Rajesh Kapoor [514] 233-1715. <\/p>\n

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