{"id":17878,"date":"2019-10-24T08:11:48","date_gmt":"2019-10-24T04:11:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lovindubai.com\/?p=17878"},"modified":"2019-10-24T08:11:48","modified_gmt":"2019-10-24T04:11:48","slug":"diwali-at-dxb","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lovin.co\/dubai\/en\/latest\/diwali-at-dxb\/","title":{"rendered":"This Indian Dance Performance In Honour Of Diwali At DXB Was Amazing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Dubai Airports welcomed travellers with a traditional Indian dance in honour of Diwali and the video is going viral.<\/p>\n<p>Diwali celebrations officially falls on October 27, however, festivities usually take place 4 to 5 days in advance, like this joyful pop-up dance performance spotted at DXB along.<\/p>\n<p>You&#8217;ll also know Diwali is coming thanks to homes across the country lit with colourful lights, to celebrate the festival of lights.<\/p>\n<p>The video was captured by @vipulifs, the Consular General for India in Dubai, he shared the video on Twitter on Wednesday and it&#8217;s already reached over 50k views on the social media platform.<\/p>\n<p><!--infeed--><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Wonderful Diwali celebrations at Dubai Airport Duty Free today. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Qg32TUL8il\">pic.twitter.com\/Qg32TUL8il<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; vipul (@vipulifs) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/vipulifs\/status\/1186707090758352904?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 22, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>People are praising the colourful performance<\/h2>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Such delightful experience it must&#39;ve been for the onlookers there.. What a vibrant play of colours&#8230; Beautiful performance.. Happy diwali to you sir&#8230; \ud83d\udc4c\ud83d\ude0a<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Pallavi (@PallaviPatnaikS) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PallaviPatnaikS\/status\/1186991935745155072?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 23, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>Known as the festival of lights, schools and families across the UAE are already celebrating<\/h2>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Enjoying <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/diwali?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#diwali<\/a> at <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GIS_Gems?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@GIS_Gems<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/WeRGIS?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#WeRGIS<\/a> a community learning from each other and celebrating diversity in Dubai. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/L92NJeJIWU\">pic.twitter.com\/L92NJeJIWU<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Glen Radojkovich (@GRadojkovich) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GRadojkovich\/status\/1187216569757245440?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 24, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>How do you know it&#8217;s Diwali in Dubai? You&#8217;ll spot many homes light up with colourful lights<\/h2>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">My neighborhood in <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Dubai?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Dubai<\/a>.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Diwali?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Diwali<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/xVBF8z1E4G\">pic.twitter.com\/xVBF8z1E4G<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; \u092a\u094d\u0930\u0923\u093f\u0924\u0940\/Praaneeti (@PranitiS) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PranitiS\/status\/1186648866818535427?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 22, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>In search of a light show? 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