The Arts4All Foundation held its second annual Diwali and Navaratri Festival at the historic World’s Fair Unisphere in Flushing Meadows Corona Park on Sunday, Oct. 12, celebrating the city’s diverse arts and culture, as well as the advancements of human rights, global peace and harmony.

Navarari and Diwali are holidays that celebrate the light of knowledge, removing all forms of ignorance and despair. Both holidays occur in the autumn season and start on the new moon day, one month apart from each other. Navarati is a nine-day holiday in which pure strength is victorious over mass injustice, tyranny, and darkness, and Diwali is the celebration of light and balance being restored to the universe. More than 7 million Americans observe the holidays.

“From the iconic Diya lights, intricate

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