Festival of Lights - DIPAWALI

A Surinamese girl dressed as Lakshmi, the Hindu goddess of wealth, leads an annual procession in celebration of Diwali at the Independence Square in Paramaribo November 10, 2012.

Surinamese dressed as Hindu deities participate in an annual procession in observation
of Diwali at the Independence Square in Paramaribo, November 10, 2012.

Surinamese dressed as the Hindu god Rama participate in an annual procession in observation
of Diwali at the Independence Square in Paramaribo, November 10, 2012.

A Surinamese boy dressed as the Hindu monkey god Hanuman participates in an annual procession in observation of Diwali at the Independence Square in Paramaribo, November 10, 2012.

A girl lights candles inside a cricket ground on the eve of Diwali, the Hindu festival of lights,
in the northern city of Allahabad November 12, 2012.

A girl lights earthen lamps in a formation to form the shape of Hindu god Ganesh, the deity of prosperity, on the eve of Diwali, the Hindu festival of lights, in the northern Indian city of Chandigarh November 12, 2012.

People light earthen lamps in a formation to form the shape of Hindu god Ganesh, the deity of prosperity, on the eve of Diwali, the Hindu festival of lights, in the northern Indian city
of Chandigarh November 12, 2012.

A girl sits at a temple after a prayer session during Diwali, the Hindu festival of lights, in the village of Taman Permata, outside Kuala Lumpur November 13, 2012.

Indians light candles during the festival of Diwali outside a Sikh Gurudwara in New Delhi,
Nov. 13, 2012.

Widows gather around a tulsi plant and light oil lamps to celebrate Diwali at a rest house run by a devotee in Bhubaneswar, India, Nov. 13, 2012.