Festivals: Nova Scotia and Asian Immigrants

festivals: The Indian Festivals Club of Nova Scotia was founded in 2013 by a group of South Asian immigrants who wanted to celebrate special events that would create bridges between cultures, according to The Chronicle Herald. It was a way of sharing the traditions from the land they left behind with their new neighbours in their adopted communities. This weekend you can fill your boots with a blaze of brightness at the Halifax Exhibition Centre as the Indian Festivals Club of Nova Scotia presents Diwali, the Festival of Lights. This generous impulse very common among associations of new Canadians indelibly adds to the cultural diversity in our province by opening a window into other cultures and giving us the ladder through which to step inside. Aptly, for millions of people around the world and the many new Canadians living among us Diwali celebrates new beginnings. With the demise of the Multicultural Festival last year after 32 years, maybe it is now time for individual cultural associations to make their stamp. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.