Diwali
Sujata and Aaron hosted their inaugural Diwali party this week at their beautiful home in south Austin.
Diwali is a Dharmic religious festival that typically takes place in October or November and symbolizes the spiritual “victory of light over darkness, good over evil, and knowledge over ignorance”. The celebration includes home cleansing and decoration, fireworks, gifts, and partaking in a feast and mithai sweets.
The kids made rangolis (pattern art made with colored sand) on the back porch, decorated little saaki lamps, and decorated themselves with temporary tattoos.
Sujata gifted us a Masala Dabba spice box – she told me that her family tradition is for guests to return each year and refill the Masala Dabba.
The kitchen was full of beautiful hand crafted treats, and we had to rearrange to make space when Aaron came in to the party with trays of food from Asiana Indian Cuisine.
It was a lovely evening – Thank you Sujata and Aaron!
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