Daily News | Diwali flash dance mob welcomes start of Hindu holiday
Then she got her Haddonfield physician moms Facebook group and the Haddonfield Anti-racism Coalition involved. They didn’t want it all over social media because, “then it loses its surprise. It’s not a performance, it’s a flash mob.”
Sarin enlisted her best friend and fellow doctor, Shafinaz Akhter to help, and she in turn got her 15-year-old daughter Amina Lewbart, who teaches at the Mokshaa Dance Academy in Cherry Hill to choreograph the dance moves. “I won’t say she dumbed it down,” Akhter says, but she simplified the steps so “even the dads could do it.” The performance lasted about five-minutes.
Over the centuries, Diwali has become a festival that’s also enjoyed by Sikhs and Jains, and even Buddhists. It is celebrated not just in India, but in Nepal, Malaysia, Singapore and other countries with South Asian diasporas.that more and more major brands are recognizing the Festival of Lights, running ad campaigns and stocking products related to the holiday in the US.