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Happy Diwali! The Hindu festival of Lights, which is celebrated all over the world, begins today. It lasts five days and Hindus celebrate it with food, dancing, parties and lots of lights.The International Business Times<\/a> says that \u201cthe festival symbolizes the victory of light over dark, good over evil, and knowledge over darkness, and honors of the return of Hindu god Rama to his kingdom after years of exile.\u201d The Times<\/a> also has an excellent slide show of Diwali celebrations.<\/p>\n

BuzzFeed also has some great images<\/a>\u00a0in a story called \u201c30 Wonderful Things that Happen Every Diwali.\u201d \u00a0One of the things that happen, according to BuzzFeed<\/a>, \u00a0is that doorsteps are \u201cdecorated with beautiful, colorful rangoli\u201d like the one below.<\/p>\n

Here are some other Diwali resources.<\/p>\n

BBC religion<\/a><\/li>\n
BBC News<\/a>, Diwali celebrations 2013: Your pictures<\/li>\n
Diwali\/Deepavali in United States<\/a><\/li>\n
14 Beautiful Images of Hindu Festival Diwali <\/a>fromBuzzFeed<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
And here is an NPR news story about the holiday.<\/div>\n
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