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The Indians (from India) don’t get much publicity in California when it comes to celebrating. Cities and chambers of commerce typically embrace festivals relating to German (Oktoberfest<\/a>), Spanish (Cinco de Mayo<\/a>, Fiestas Patrias<\/a> and Day of the Dead<\/a>), Chinese (New Year<\/a>) and Irish (St. Patrick’s Day<\/a>) cultures,\u00a0 as well as Indigineous Peoples such as Native Americans and their pow wows<\/a>.\u00a0 In fact, while Halloween and Day of the Dead events are brewing,\u00a0 many are busy preparing for Diwali on October 19, 2017.<\/p>\n Celebrated throughout the world, Diwali (“row of lamps” in Sanskrit,) is a festival of light to keep out\u00a0 darkness and evil by lighting candles, fireworks, dressing up in festive Indian attire and holding parties, banquets and festivals.<\/p>\n BUENA PARK: Diwali Dhamaka Oct.27 <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Indians (from India) don’t get much publicity in California when it comes to celebrating. Cities and chambers of commerce typically embrace festivals relating to German (Oktoberfest), Spanish (Cinco de Mayo, Fiestas Patrias and Day of the Dead), Chinese (New Year) and Irish (St. Patrick’s Day) cultures,\u00a0 as well as Indigineous Peoples such as Native […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[29],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24648"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24648"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24648\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24648"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24648"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24648"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Diwali California<\/a><\/h2>\n
\nCHINO HILLS: Kids Diwali Festival Oct.21
\nDUBLIN: Diwali Fall Fest Oct.22
\nIRVINE: Diwali Celebration! Oct.22
\nLOS ANGELES: Indian Wedding & Diwali Celebration Oct.21
\nMOUNTAIN VIEW: Diwali Festival of Lights\u00a0 with Deepa Menon Oct.30
\nNORWALK: Diwali Celebration Oct.21
\nRIVERSIDE: Annual Deepavali Nov.4
\nSAN FRANCISCO: Diwali Party with Bombaylove Oct.21
\nSAN FRANCISCO: Diwali Bollywood Dance Festival Oct.28
\nSAN RAMON: Diwali Oct.21
\nSANTA CLARA: Bata Diwali Nov.4
\nSANTA MONICA: BollyPop Diwali Dance Party Oct.20
\nSARATOGA: Diwali Nov.11
\nSIMI VALLEY: Diwali Cultural Program Nov.11
\nSUNNYVALE: Diwali Celebration Oct.20
\nTHOUSAND OAKS: India Festival Oct.28
\nWINDSOR: Diwali Festivals of Lights Oct.21<\/p>\n