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Photo Gallery: Annual Diwali Celebration held at the Student Commons

Sara Karbowski, Equity & Inclusion Editor • Nov 30, 2023

  • Freshmen Nayela Binte Mahmood, Aman Kalsi and Akki Srivastava dress in Diwali outfits.

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  • Items such as posterboards and traditional jewelry are exhibited to share South Asian culture with the WJ community.

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  • Sophomore Jordyn Kliewer serves Samosas.

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  • Sophomore Meher Parsinni draws a henna flower on junior Maria Schans’s hand.

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  • Freshmen Ruhika Jaiswal and Sabrina Vasu and sophomore Lorena Trevion serve beverages and Diwali sweets.

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  • “This year, we have more members and people helping us out. So we can have more food and the line [for food] is moving faster than last year,” SASU president senior Vedant Patel said.

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