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Bridgewater, NJ
Bridgewater Commons, in partnership with Renascent Media, celebrates the South Asian festival of lights with a spectacular live show in Center Court filled with music, dance, crafts, and giveaways on Saturday, November 2, 1pm – 3pm in New Jersey.
Diwali is the Hindu festival of lights, symbolizing the spiritual “victory of light over darkness, good over evil, and knowledge over ignorance.” Guests, dressed up in tradition clothes are set to experience a delightful mix of Diwali celebration.
The event will have special guest emcees Radio Guru Kulraaj Anand and Anchor and Producer at ITV Gold Piya Jyoti Kachroo. The Bollywood dances will be performed by the Satrangi School of Fusion, a Bollywood dance studio by choreographer Rohheet Baxi. The group will feature adult and child dancers as young as 8 performing traditional and contemporary fusion Bollywood dances.
The main attraction will be an epic Ramlila theatrical presentation by the Navrang Dance Academy, with guests experiencing the breathtaking moment when Lord Rama, alongside Sita and Lakshmana, returns to his kingdom after 14 years of exile and the heroic defeat of Ravana.
The Diwali celebration will feature arts and crafts tables for families including Henna art application, decorative tea light and Indian sweets giveaways. The event will provide shopping prize giveaways and a selfie photo booth to share the Diwali experience.
An Arti, a Hindu prayer ritual employed in worship in which light from a flame is ritually waved to venerate deities, will be performed with guests holding electric candle lights.
Bridgewater Commons started its South Asian cultural celebrations in 2022 with Bollywood dance spectaculars in Center Court that featured over forty performers drawing hundreds of guests. The 2024 Diwali celebration promises to be a fun-filled affair at The Commons, again.
