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Village goes with the glow

03/10/2017

28-09-17 West Footscray – Festival of Light. Pic of Sienna (7) holding a light. Photo by Damjan Janevski.

By Goya Dmytryshchak

West Footscray will twinkle and glow when its inaugural Festival of Lights unfolds. West Footscray Traders Association president Pradeep Tiwari said the festival, derived from traditional Indian Diwali celebrations, would be like an early Christmas. It will be launched on October 12, with traders and residents in the vicinity of Barkly Village encouraged to illuminate their businesses and homes. The festival will include projections on to several public buildings. The festival’s free closing ceremony, on October 21 from 4-11.30pm at Footscray’s 501 Receptions, will include children’s activities and a fire show. Details: Festival of Lights West Footscray on Facebook. … Goya Dmytryshchak

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