{"id":14046,"date":"2023-11-14T18:21:04","date_gmt":"2023-11-14T18:21:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=14046"},"modified":"2023-11-14T18:21:05","modified_gmt":"2023-11-14T18:21:05","slug":"diwali-2023-celebrated-in-grand-fashion-across-guyana","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/diwali-2023-celebrated-in-grand-fashion-across-guyana\/","title":{"rendered":"Diwali 2023 Celebrated in Grand Fashion Across Guyana"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p>The festival of lights, Diwali, was celebrated by thousands across Guyana in a bright and festive manner. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Guyanese, especially Hindu-Guyanese, observed the occasion on Sunday, November 12, with the lighting of diyas, the eating of sweetmeats, and various festive activities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The lighting of diyas is a significant tradition symbolizing the victory of light over darkness, welcoming prosperity, wealth, and positivity. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While the traditional oil-filled clay pots have been replaced by electric lanterns over the years, some shared their experiences and reasons for this shift.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This year&#8217;s Diwali celebrations included motorcades, Deep Jales, Jalsas, rangoli competitions, and various festivities held across the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Reporting for NCN News, Josiah Williams<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The festival of lights, Diwali, was celebrated by thousands across Guyana in a bright and festive manner. Guyanese, especially Hindu-Guyanese, observed the occasion on Sunday, November 12, with the lighting&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":14047,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[350],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14046","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14046","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14046"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14046\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14048,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14046\/revisions\/14048"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14047"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14046"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14046"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14046"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}