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<\/a>\nThis event is one of the largest in the tri-state area, attracting approximately 75,000 \u2013 100,000 people from all backgrounds and walks of life. Deepavali meaning \u2018A row of lamps\u2019 is also popularly known as Diwali, or \u2018Festival of Lights\u2019 and signifies the triumph of \u2018Good over Evil\u2019. The event will be a full day extravaganza celebrating tradition, culture and oneness with numerous food & clothing vendors, corporate booths, a children\u2019s area, health kiosk, performances and activities for the whole family including a live grand display of fireworks illuminating the New York City skyline.<\/p>\n
Special Attractions:<\/p>\n
– Neel Sethi – star of Disney’s The Jungle Book will be in attendance at th Children’s Area!
\n– YouTube sensation, Vidya will be performing live alongside Shankar Tucker & Jomy George Music (presented by Sony Entertainment Television)
\n– Inter-Collegiate Dance Competition Naach Inferno (presented by Life OK & STAR Plus)
\n– Audience Participation & Open Dance Floor with Arya Dance Academy
\n– LIVE FIREWORKS illuminating the NYC skyline along the East River!
\n– Numerous local performing arts schools and academies will also be showcasing their talents on both of our stages throughout the day.<\/p>\n
This year, Deepavali also marks the birthday of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi. There will be a special tribute for Gandhiji as well along with an Essay & Drawing Competition for the youth to showcase the importance and meaning of Peace.<\/p>\n
Free admission and open to the public!<\/p>\n
For more information visit: http:\/\/www.desisaturdays.com\/<\/a> or www.theaiany.org<\/a> Sunday, October 02 12pm to 07pm South Street Seaport Water & Fulton Streets, New York City, NY 10038<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-66919","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-stay-connected-to-the-latest-local-events"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66919","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/29"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=66919"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66919\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":66921,"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66919\/revisions\/66921"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=66919"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=66919"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=66919"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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