If you an Indian reading this post, you know we Indians celebrate more festivals than we can count on our fingers. From Diwali to Eid, Christmas to Lohri and then many more. We love the spirit, the feel, the love and the food around all our festivals. Don’t we?
With our communities becoming more diverse, children in India are now also trick or treating for Halloween. It’s win-win for kids. They get to dress up and collect candies. More candies than their parents would allow for an entire year.
This same wave is also taking over the United States. My friends in the west are keen to know about Indian festivals and in their local communities, American children are curious to know about the festivals their Indian friends celebrate. Kids ask questions about Rakshabandhan, Eid and Diwali. And all this brings an opportunity to learn more about the world.
To me, this is heart warming. I have spoken earlier about the world being one and this year was no different. We recently celebrated Diwali in India and so did a few of my American friends.
So here’s a happy diwali from my American friends.
Angie and Brent are currently living in India and they celebrated Diwali in their community in Bangalore. I am sure years later they will look at this picture with fond memories of the festival and the good times they had during Diwali.
I hope the above pictures made you smile. Here’s hoping the festival of light brightens up the coming year for you all.
happiness and food 
Oh, that’s lovely! 🙂
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Thank you Lydia!
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Such lovely happy pictures. These parents are making such good memories for the children and teaching them to be global citizens!
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Agree with you there, Corinne! 🙂
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How lovely pics are these !!
No doubt our country is so rich in celebrating festivals.
We all enjoy a lot whether eid of holi , Christmas or Diwali .
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They look amazing. And the kids are super cute. It is nice to see more people interested in our culture and traditions.
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The kids are so cute…I have expat friends in India who love to celebrate Indian festivals. In fact during Holi and Diwali they are more enthusiastic than us. Their kids have become so used to Indian culture that I am sure even if they shift to some other country they would miss Indian festivals.
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Delighted to see these enchanting clicks! I am so happy to note that our festivities have crossed the miles and people out there are embracing it with enthusiasm. Lucky your Blore friends from US got to be here for Diwali.
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Wow! That was so cute! Indian festivals are full of madness, aren’t they? 😀
P.S. – The Kanpur connection: Grew up there. School, college, best friends… most of my best memories in this life are of that place. You??
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I have a close friend from Kanpur. Shastri Nagar. And some distant relatives. I’m from Azamgarh. Haven’t you read my big post about my city? 😂
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How cute the kids are… Yes, the world is becoming smaller and we are all embracing each other’s cultures.
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I’m not really familiar with this, so I really enjoyed reading about it. So cute!
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So Diwali is an Indian festival. Has mythological significance and means that good wins over evil. It is celebrated by lighting lamps etc.
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How fun! I love how we are celebrating one another’s festivals across countries. I think it’s really quite beautiful, this unity in diversity.
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How cute the kids are!! ❤
A huge bunch of kids turned up at my door for Trick or Treat during Halloween! Thankfully we had some candies in store, else I'd be so embarrassed.
Nice to see festivities being so diverse these days.
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OMG such cuteness. Yes, our world is one. At the crux of it, all festivals have the same sentiment of love and celebration of life.
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