Dewali

The tall poles of bamboo are slit and bent to accommodate the small candles. The small clay pots are fill with oil with the wick coming off the side and sitting in the small lip made in the pot.

Elder Barton, Pamela and Patrick Ramkissoon, Elder Marshall

These small shrines are often on the premises of Hindu's and the flags are often planted by them. The use them for their prayers each day.

The Baynes family attend our branch. They dropped in to the Dewali about the same time we did.

Carol is President Ramkissoon's sister. She comes to church ocassionally.

Dewali, the festival of the lights is a Hindu holiday. We were invited to attend by our branch president and his wife. Her family are active Hindus and invite the community to attend each year. It was held on the Kissoom compound which includes 3 homes and the hardware store. There aren't many Hindus in Tobago, but we live next door to one of them. He had a few lights burning when we retured from the celebration at the Kissoom's. They served food to a few hundred people.