"But do not forget this one thing, dear friends: With the Lord a day is like a thousand years, and a thousand years are like a day. The Lord is not slow in keeping his promise as some understand slowness. He is patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish, but everyone to come to repentance."- St. Peter. "And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in the whole world as a testimony to all nations, and then the end will come." - Jesus.

Sunday, November 11, 2012

Deewali festival

Our week started with a prayer meeting on the Sunday night. Afterwards I decided to go exploring. I bumped into another participant on the street, named Tauqir. Tauqir and I became good friends that week.
When we went exploring that night, it turned out it was the beginning of the Indian festival Deewali. KL has a significant Tamil minority. Our course was being held in the region of the city called Brickfields or Little India. So it was not surprising to discover the festival.
It was a lot of fun to experience such rich culture, especially when it was completely unexpected in Malaysia. The dances are a fusion of traditional Indian culture and global youth techno/rap.





There was also a market place with food and gifts for sale. Deewali is the Hindu equivalent of Christmas/ New Year in the west.

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