Diwali Festival

Saturday, December 12, 2015

My friend Snehal (Sidharth and Anirudh’s mom) invited us to their Diwali celebration today at the Salt Lake City Public Library. I took Kira, Mikey and Kate and we left Brighton early and drove to the Library to see the program. We sat in the balcony of the theater and watched the dances and listened to the music. I loved the colorful costumes and the traditional dances. The Indian pop music was probably my least favorite, but still interesting. The program was pretty long and I was worried that the last number would put the kids over the edge since it was “Bollywood dancing” but it was probably all of our favorite part. The dancers had so much energy and they danced so fast and the music was lively and fun. Afterwards we talked to Snehal and the boys and they served free Indian food that was really interesting and pretty delicious. Snehal is seriously one of the nicest people I have ever met. She is so kind and generous and warm to us, she even gave us her serving of Indian food because she really wanted me to bring it home to Jeff so he could try it. The kids got henna tattoos on their hands (an Indian tradition called mehndi). It was a great little local cultural experience!

Catching snowflakes on the lift at Brighton.