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Geneva preschoolers learn about Diwali celebration

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Liza Jain of Geneva helps lead her daughter Anishka, 3, in a modern Indian Bollywood-style dance while teaching Anishka's preschool classmates about the Indian festival of Diwali Tuesday at Friendship Station in Geneva.

Rick West | Staff Photographer

Preschoolers do an art project Tuesday afternoon while learning about the Indian festival of Diwali at Friendship Station preschool in Geneva. They were making a painted version of rangolis, traditional art pieces that would be placed outside of homes to entice good luck to come.

Rick West | Staff Photographer

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A Geneva mother teaches preschoolers at Friendship Station about Diwali, the Indian festival that celebrates the triumph of light over dark, goodness over evil.