蒙特莱克泰勒斯图书馆10月24日下午办排灯节手工艺工作坊 迎接印度灯节
10月24日（周六）下午1时至3时，蒙特莱克泰勒斯图书馆举办排灯节主题手工艺工作坊，地点在蒙特莱克泰勒斯市西58大道23300号的图书馆内。据斯诺-艾尔图书馆系统官方活动日历，这场工作坊是该图书馆系统10月24日社区活动的一部分，同日上午11时至中午12时，布里尔图书馆还安排了创意社区活动。
排灯节是印度教、锡克教、耆那教等社群最重要的传统节日之一，象征光明战胜黑暗，家庭通常会在节日期间点灯、装饰门窗、互赠礼物。工作坊以排灯节为主题，面向社区居民开放，需提前报名（当日名额已满），参加者可以在图书馆里动手制作并装饰印度宫殿式窗格（Jharokha）木质茶烛台，了解排灯节的文化背景。
蒙特莱克泰勒斯位于斯诺霍米什县，邻近西雅图都会区，图书馆的社区活动长期面向不同族裔家庭开放。对当地亚裔家庭与邻里居民而言，这场下午工作坊是周末了解印度文化、亲手体验节日手工艺的一个机会。
来源：GSM·美国
Mountlake Terrace Library Holds Diwali Craft Workshop on Oct. 24 Afternoon to Welcome Indian Festival of Lights
On Saturday, Oct. 24, from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m., the Mountlake Terrace Library held a Diwali-themed craft workshop at the library at 23300 58th Avenue West in Mountlake Terrace. According to the official event calendar of the Sno-Isle Libraries system, the workshop was part of the library system's community activities on Oct. 24, and on the same day, from 11 a.m. to noon, the Brier Library also held a creative community activity.
Diwali is one of the most important traditional festivals for Hindu, Sikh, Jain, and other communities, symbolizing the victory of light over darkness, and families usually light lamps, decorate doors and windows, and exchange gifts during the festival. The workshop, themed on Diwali, was open to community residents, with advance registration required (spots for the day were full), and participants could make and decorate a wooden tealight holder in the style of an Indian palace window frame (Jharokha) at the library and learn about the cultural background of Diwali.
Mountlake Terrace is located in Snohomish County, near the Seattle metropolitan area, and the library's community activities have long been open to families of different ethnic backgrounds. For local Asian families and neighborhood residents, the afternoon workshop was an opportunity to learn about Indian culture and experience festival crafts firsthand over the weekend.
Source: GSM News
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