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DIWALI in Leicester - Lights and Bazaar

DIWAzLI LIGHTS - Golden Mile Leicester  
Join me as a passenger as we ride along Leicester`s Golden Mile fully decorated for Diwali, Known as the festival of lights Leicester can boast one of the biggest celebrations outside India and the decorated streets and shop fronts bring the street to sparking life During the festival. Starting beside the Shine your light art work (previously featured on this channel) we pass well known Golden Mile frontages such as Bobbys restaurant and the Belgrave Neighbourhood Center. The street is lined with lights depicting traditional Diva lamps and patterns in lots of bright colours. We end the journey at the archway wishing residents and visitors a Happy #Diwali.

I visited Fosse Park⁠ for their first ever #Diwali Bazaar featuring a selection of stalls, music, flavours and culture of the festival of light, Diwali. we begin in the busy Food Central area where we get a chance to browse stalls featuring fine jewellery, art and food from a variety of vendors there is even a chance to have a beautiful mehndi design painted onto your hands. The event then moves to the performance area where we see the University Of Leicester Bollywood Dance Society perform followed by traditional dance from Rajwadi Roots, the perfomances draw a large crowd who hold their phones (and children) high hoping to capture a glimpse of the celebrations. The event was created by Fosse Shopping Park, Circle 101, Cultural Deployments and the team at Leicester Mela Happy Diwali.
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