Unitas-ISAC would like to thank all the guests, participants, volunteers and supporters in making this successful festival

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Ireland Celebrates Festival of Lights

Diwali (Festival of Lights) in India is like Christmas in Ireland. Just like Christmas, presents, excited families, food and sweets are an integral part of Diwali. There is just one difference between Christmas in Ireland and Diwali - FIREWORKS!!

To embrace true multiculturalism and to further the cultural integration considering the modern, multi-cultural Ireland we live in today, we bring the experience of celebrating Diwali - Festival of Lights to Dublin in a spectacular fashion on 22nd October 2011.

Festival of Lights in Ireland is supported by Dublin City Council as part of the One City One People Campaign.

Click here to find out what Diwali means to the members of the Unitas-ISAC team

About Diwali

Regardless of mythological background, Festival of Lights celebrates victory of good over evil, light over darkness and knowledge over ignorance. It stands for reaffirmation of hope, a renewed commitment to friendship and goodwill and celebration of life. Diwali is time to spring-clean and decorate the home, wearing new clothes and enjoying mouth-watering food. The whole family enjoys the festival by lighting traditional lamps (diya), fireworks, and exchanging gifts. Before the standardisation of the accounting year, businesses started new account books for the coming year, blessed their tools and prayed for a prosperous year ahead on this day. It is one of the most auspicious days in the Indian calendar.

Click here to know more about Diwali.

Winners of The Daily Fantastic Prize Giveaway

Date	Winner's Name	Prize
21st October 2011	Majella Coughlan	Tesco Mobile Pay as you go phone*.
21st October 2011	Suzanne de Lacy	Family pass (2 Adults + 2 kids) to Diwali - Festival of Lights
21st October 2011	Anilkumar Anirudhan	Family pass (2 Adults + 2 kids) to Diwali - Festival of Lights
21st October 2011	Aswini Rajasekaran	Family pass (2 Adults + 2 kids) to Diwali - Festival of Lights
21st October 2011	Sreelatha Badabhagni	Family pass (2 Adults + 2 kids) to Diwali - Festival of Lights
21st October 2011	josmymol	Family pass (2 Adults + 2 kids) to Diwali - Festival of Lights
20th October 2011	Mukul Varshney	Family pass (2 Adults + 2 kids) to Diwali - Festival of Lights
20th October 2011	Fiona Fogarty	Tesco Mobile Pay as you go phone*.
19th October 2011	Maggie Geddie	Family pass (2 Adults + 2 kids) to Diwali - Festival of Lights
19th October 2011	Mary Beth O'Sullivan	Tesco Mobile Pay as you go phone*.
18th October 2011	Elle Cox	Family pass (2 Adults + 2 kids) to Diwali - Festival of Lights
18th October 2011	Dheeraj Kumar	Tesco Mobile Pay as you go phone*.
17th October 2011	Rajan Naidoo	Family pass (2 Adults + 2 kids) to Diwali - Festival of Lights
17th October 2011	Alison Jacobs	Tesco Mobile Pay as you go phone*.

* - Mobile phone prize subject to verification that the winner is resident in Ireland.

Festival of Lights 2010

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