Diwali event celebrates culture, raises funds for QEH

The Indo-Canadian Association of P.E.I. is invitingpeople to celebrate Indian culture and cuisine at a Diwalievent in Cornwall this evening.

The annual fundraiser supports the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Charlottetown.

Diwaliis a festival of lights where people light clay lamps outside their homes to symbolize the triumph of lightover dark and is the biggest and most important festival of the year for Hindus,Jainsand Sikhs.

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Sujata Saha, vice president of the association, hopes people come by and experience a taste of India and celebrate with one another.

"Diwali is a very popular festival in India, we want to introduce our culture, our diversity of the county to the Canadians," she said.

"We want to show the vast of culture that India is all about."

APMCentre, Cornwall 6-9 p.m.

Saha promises the event to havedance, costumes and of course delicious foodwhichis a big part of the festival, she said.

They're expecting roughly 250 people to attend the celebration at theAPM Centre in Cornwall.

It runs from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. on Sunday

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