{"id":19046,"date":"2024-10-31T15:14:10","date_gmt":"2024-10-31T19:14:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/?p=19046"},"modified":"2024-10-31T23:23:51","modified_gmt":"2024-11-01T03:23:51","slug":"diwali-celebration-open-for-all-on-nov-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/2024\/10\/31\/diwali-celebration-open-for-all-on-nov-4\/","title":{"rendered":"Diwali celebration open for all Monday, Nov. 4"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>All are welcome to participate in a celebration of Diwali on <strong>Monday, Nov. 4 <\/strong>in the Fountain Lounge of the Student Union.<\/p>\n<p>Diwali, also known as the Festival of Lights, is India&#8217;s biggest and most important holiday of the year, and is a time for religious rituals and sharing traditional stories. Come learn about the importance of celebrating Diwali, see performances from students and enjoy a meal with one another.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Schedule of Events: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>5 p.m.<\/strong> \u2013 Event kickoff: Music and snacks, booths for Diya decoration and henna<\/li>\n<li><strong>5:30-6:30 p.m.<\/strong> \u2013 Presentation and performances<\/li>\n<li><strong>6:30-7:30 p.m.<\/strong> \u2013 Indian-style Diwali dinner<\/li>\n<li><strong>7:30-8:30 p.m.<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Afterparty: Music, dance and sparkles<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Don&#8217;t miss this opportunity to learn about lights and legends while enjoying time with friends! This celebration is sponsored by the Campus Activity Board, International Services Office and University Ministry, in collaboration with the South Asian Student Association.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-19041 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2024\/10\/Diwali-Celebration-Poster-1920-x-1120-px.png?resize=993%2C579&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"A graphic displaying different types of international cuisine items on decorative plates. On top of this background are the words starting at the top center, Diwali celebration, Monday, Nov. 4, Fountain Lounge. Everyone is welcome. There is a list of times for different events beginning at 5 p.m. and ending at 8:30 p.m. In the upper right-hand corner are the words sponsored by Campus Activity Board, International Services Office, and University Ministry (with all three logos below) in collaboration with South Asian Students Association.\" width=\"993\" height=\"579\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2024\/10\/Diwali-Celebration-Poster-1920-x-1120-px.png?resize=300%2C175&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2024\/10\/Diwali-Celebration-Poster-1920-x-1120-px.png?resize=1024%2C597&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2024\/10\/Diwali-Celebration-Poster-1920-x-1120-px.png?resize=768%2C448&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2024\/10\/Diwali-Celebration-Poster-1920-x-1120-px.png?resize=1536%2C896&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2024\/10\/Diwali-Celebration-Poster-1920-x-1120-px.png?resize=943%2C550&amp;ssl=1 943w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2024\/10\/Diwali-Celebration-Poster-1920-x-1120-px.png?w=1920&amp;ssl=1 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 993px) 100vw, 993px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Come learn about the importance of celebrating Diwali, the Festival of Lights, see performances from students and enjoy a meal with one another.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":677,"featured_media":19041,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[6,4404],"tags":[6296,29,6630,627,240,3253,6631,375,655],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2024\/10\/Diwali-Celebration-Poster-1920-x-1120-px.png?fit=1920%2C1120&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pbwnTV-4Xc","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19046"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/677"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19046"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19046\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19109,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19046\/revisions\/19109"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19041"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19046"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19046"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19046"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}