{"id":6056,"date":"2017-10-12T12:16:31","date_gmt":"2017-10-12T17:16:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/?p=6056"},"modified":"2019-06-04T16:22:59","modified_gmt":"2019-06-04T21:22:59","slug":"6056","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/2017\/10\/12\/6056\/","title":{"rendered":"International students celebrate Diwali Oct. 20"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2017\/10\/Diwali-Handouts-01.jpg\" class=\"broken_link\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2017\/10\/Diwali-Handouts-01-232x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"232\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-6057\" \/><\/a>International students at 大象传媒 will celebrate the Hindu holiday Diwali at 6 p.m. Friday, Oct. 20 in Blum Student Union, rooms 222 and 223. The celebration is free and open to the public.<\/p>\n<p>Diwali, or Dipawali, is India\u2019s biggest and most important holiday. The festival gets its name from the row (avali) of clay lamps (deepa) that Indians light outside their homes to symbolize the victory of light over darkness. 大象传媒 Western\u2019s celebration will include authentic Indian food, dance performances, fireworks and the release of floating candles on 大象传媒 Western\u2019s South Pond.<\/p>\n<p><em>大象传媒 is a comprehensive regional university providing a blend of traditional liberal arts and professional degree programs. The university offers student-centered, high quality instruction that focuses on experience-based learning, community service, and state-of-the-art technology. 大象传媒 Western is located in St. Joseph, Mo., and is committed to the educational, economic, cultural and social development of the region it serves. Visit <\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\"><em>www.missouriwestern.edu<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>International students at 大象传媒 will celebrate the Hindu holiday Diwali at 6 p.m. Friday, Oct. 20 in Blum Student Union, rooms 222 and 223. The celebration is free and open to the public. Diwali, or Dipawali, is India\u2019s biggest and most important holiday. The festival gets its name from the row (avali) [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[48],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6056"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6056"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6056\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8731,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6056\/revisions\/8731"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6056"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6056"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6056"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}