Just before Duwali, there was some kind of holy day where the women all dress up in their very finest clothes. They then go out and gather with their friends. Sitting in a wide circle, they have a holy man read from the holy book. Then they pass big plates of food around. This food isn't eaten at the event but taken home to share with their families. The women fast for the whole day and after dark they go out with their husbands to look at the moon, a candle is lit which they do some kind of motion with and wish their husbands good health and happines for the next year. Then the husband feeds the wife some food. I know many of the ladies in these pictures.