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

Tomorrow, residents of Indian origin will light up Laval to celebrate Diwali\u2014one of the most important and colourful celebrations for the region\u2019s South Asian community. <\/p>\n

For most Indians, Diwali marks the start of their new year. Unlike many other holidays, the commemoration crosses most religious boundaries and is observed by Hindus, Sikhs, Buddhists in India as well as some Indian Roman Catholics. <\/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. Homes are festooned with lights, which remain on through the night. Adherents buy and wear new clothes as an outward symbol of renewal. Indian businesses traditionally start their financial year on Diwali. <\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a celebration of hope for the future,\u201d explained South Asian community leader Shama Chopra, \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

\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\u2014 returned from 14 years of exile. \u201cPeople await Lakshmi entering their houses.\u201d <\/p>\n

The holiday is marked far beyond India and is a statutory holiday in nearly a dozen countries as far-flung as Trinidad & Tobago in the Caribbean, and Fiji in the South Pacific. <\/p>\n

Already a presence in Laval\u2019s multi-ethnic melting pot, 2011 census figures, released two years ago, show that Punjabi has leapfrogged languages such as Mandarin, Arabic, Spanish and Italian to become Canada’s third most-spoken mother tongue, after English and French. <\/p>\n

Those who want to travel over the bridge to Montreal can enjoy the annual firework display, slated to start at 9:30 p.m., Oct. 23, at the Hindu Mandir at 50 Kesmark, Dollard des Ormeaux. <\/p>\n

According to Chopra, more than 1,000 people are expected to visit the Dollard des Ormeaux Hindu Mandir, tomorrow evening.
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