Shubh Divali (Happy Hindu Festival of Light) On the darkest night of the year, October 28th, 2008, we had the good fortune to travel along with 60 other cruisers to discover and enjoy the Hindu Festival of Light, Divali. We toured the town of Felicity, Trinidad which was awash with millions of candles and lights. One of our favourite treatments of the candles was to see them set in sand in paper bags lined along the streets and yards.