Indians in UAE celebrate Diwali

Indians in UAE celebrate Diwali, the festival of lights in traditional style and hospitality.See more at: http://gulfnews.com/gntv

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00:00It�s time for Diwali in the UAE and the spirit of festivity pervades the entire country.

00:14The Indian expatriate community is all set to welcome the festival of lights and happiness

00:20with palpable enthusiasm and energy. Rows and rows of flowers, earthen and ceramic lamps,

00:26pots and tea lights decorate shops. Busy shoppers throng the bazaars for traditional stuff.

00:32I�m from England, visiting Dubai. I�ve come to see my brother. I�m really looking

00:36forward to celebrating Diwali here. We�ll be going to the temple on Sunday. Yeah, just

00:41to experience what Diwali in Dubai will be like. We enjoy it very much back in England.

00:47I�m from Dublin, Ireland and I�m visiting Dubai to do a bit of shopping for clothes.

00:54In Dublin, it�s not that much grand, but here it looks like there are lots of lights

00:58and you have these whole Indian shops where you can buy very traditional Indian clothes

01:04and lots of Indian sweets. So, I plan to take a lot of this back to Ireland. It�s about

01:10being different this Diwali. Happy Diwali from the Dulais from England and Canada.

01:16It�s business time for fashion houses, jewelers and traditional sweet shops. See, we have

01:23a wide variety of people coming. It�s not just the locals, it�s also the foreigners.

01:28You will be amazed to see more foreigners do the shopping for Diwali than the residents.

01:33Trend is traditional. Traditional is what people are looking for to buy. The antique,

01:37the temple jewellery collection that is coming new.

01:40So folks, dispel the darkness from your heart, banish all the sorrows and get ready to savour

01:45the taste of true Indian traditions and hospitality. Suchitra Bachpai Chowdhury for GALAK NEWS.

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