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Posted on 10/20/2025 7:56:08 AM PDT by marcusmaximus
After California legislators and Gov. Gavin Newsom recently made Diwali a state holiday, Sacramento Vice Mayor Karina Talamantes said local leaders and community members had a request: “Can we please do a resolution at City Council?” Talamantes said. “This is historic, this is huge.”
On Tuesday, she, Mayor Kevin McCarty and Councilmember Mai Vang, will do just that to honor the religious celebration.
“It’s such a big celebration of culture, diversity,” Talamantes said.
The holiday is a major event in India, particularly for followers of Hinduism and Sikhism, and is marked by candle and lamp lighting to symbolize light over darkness and good over evil.
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So has Texas.
Time to start playing “Cowboys & Indians’’.
Good grief...
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