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"&lt;p&gt;Established in 2008, The Swan Festival of&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Lights (SFOL) has become a key event on the&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Perth cultural calendar, eagerly anticipated&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;each year by a crowd of over 25,000 people&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;who flock from overseas and interstate and&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;from the many diverse communities that live&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;in Perth and Western Australia over its three&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;day duration.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;SFOL has become a flagship event on the&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Perth cultural calendar having gained a&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;reputation as a distinctive, high-quality event,&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;noted especially for its inclusiveness and&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;friendliness.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The Festival of Lights which is a key festival&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;and celebration observed by Indians&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;worldwide. Deepavali is a festival symbolising&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;the victory of good over evil, light over&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;darkness, and knowledge over ignorance.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Many mythological explanations exist for this&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;festival.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;At SFOL, Deepavali stands for the&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;reaffirmation of hope, a renewed&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;commitment to friendship, religious&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;tolerance, and a celebration of the joys of life&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;through the presentation of Indian fine arts&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;and culture to the public of Western Australia&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;while also promoting Western Australia\u2019s&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;multiculturalism through Perth\u2019s rich, diverse&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;and renowned performing artistes.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;SFOL has become synonymous with&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Deepavali amongst the Indian diaspora in&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Perth and is widely considered by all Perth&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;communities and the Government agencies&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;as the key Indian festival event for the&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;celebration.&lt;/p&gt;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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