Diwali 2020 Celebration London
The celebrations last five days in total with the festival of lights enjoyed by millions around the world.
Diwali 2020 celebration london. We are grateful to the mayor of london for supporting and funding diwali on the square and would like to thank all the sponsors taking part this year particularly lebara mobile and zee tv. Diwali on trafalgar square homepage giving you an insight into the europes largest live outdoor performance show. We wish everyone a very happy diwali. Diwali is one of the most important and colourful festivals of the hindu calendar.
Heres how the festival is being celebrated across the world in 2020. L ondons main diwali celebration is usually in trafalgar squareunfortunately due to the huge numbers that usually attend around 30000 and subsequently the lockdown in england. It features plenty of music dance and a food market crafts and henna stalls. This saturday november 14 marks diwali 2020 and like so many other key annual events this year celebrations are going to be very different from usual.
In 2020 diwali will be celebrated on saturday november 14. Diwali in london atdiwalilondon october 24 2020 how will it be celebrated this year with covid 19 restrictions in place. Celebrations take place over five days known as dhanteras day of fortune naraka chaturdashi day of knowledge diwali day of light annakut new year and bhai duj day of love between. There are usually many events across the uk to mark the festival with.
Uk chancellor of the exchequer rishi sunak was seen lighting diya earthen lamps outside number 11 in downing street his official residence in london ahead of the festival of diwali. It is a time when charity goodwill family values and the love of god are celebrated and reinforced. For hindu and other cultures diwali traditionally is a festival of joy lo. The annual london diwali festival held on trafalgar square gathers about 35000 people who celebrate the hindu sikh and jain festival of light.