KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 14 — With Deepavali just around the corner, the festive buzz is in the air and city folks are in a festive mood.
The festive season is peaking and the 16th Deepavali Carnival 2017 in Bukit Jalil is in full swing, providing attractive offers to woo customers.
The National Stadium area in Bukit Jalil is overwhelmed with stalls where the open car park has been transformed into a colourful area with stunning lights, the booths filled with traditional Deepavali costumes, dazzling decorations on sale and booths offering beautiful henna designs on the spot.
The organiser, Agenda Suria Communication Sdn Bhd Founder and Chief Executive Officer Jaggarao Simancha said the carnival, which kicked off on Oct 7 and ends on Oct 17, has over 400 booths set up by exhibitors from Malaysia, India and Pakistan showcasing and offering the latest designs of garments, sarees, jewellery decorative items and cookies.
He said 68 per cent out of the 400 booths there are run by local entrepreneurs to ensure Malaysian traders benefited more from the annual festival which entered its 16th edition this year..
“The main purpose of this carnival is to provide a single shopping platform for the people to buy Indian products during Deepavali.
“The carnival, renowned for its Indian shopping lifestyle, has proven to be an efficient gateway to market and coordinate global demand for Indian lifestyle products and services” he told Bernama.
Jaggarao noted that more than 450,000 visitors were expected to patronise the carnival and it already has received more than 150,000 visitors, includings Malays, Chinese and foreigners in six days.
He said the mega carnival became tourism product for Malaysia and looked forward to making it the biggest in the world to help drive Malaysia’s tourism industry more in future.
The carnival also presents an exciting concert with multi-talented artistes from locally and India besides a special appearance by Malaysian legendary artist Datuk Zainal Abidin on Oct 15.
Hindus around the world observe Deepavali on Oct 18 this year to celebrates the triumph of good over evil and the Festival of Lights will be celebrated on Saturthasi Tithi, the 14th day of the month of Iypasi, based on the Hindu panjangam calendar, every year. — Bernama
