Local Southeast Asian cultural groups cohost Spokane's first public celebration of Diwali, the festival of lights

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Dancing at a local Diwali party leading up to the holiday’s culmination.

If you see a house in your neighborhood with string lights twinkling along the eaves, don’t be quick to assume its residents are leaning into the early Christmas trend. Instead, they might be a family like Rahul Sharma’s, who hang such lights each fall to celebrate Diwali.

Diwali is a lunar holiday, typically celebrated in late October and early November, which symbolizes the victory of good over evil; light over darkness.

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