CARMEL From Diwali to the Chinese Mooncake Festival, Carmels calendar is filling up with cultural celebrations that highlight the citys growing diversity.

There are 110 languages spoken in our city, and so diversity is already ingrained, said community member Claudia Escalante. It just has not been very visual.

Many of the celebrations are being led by residents who want to share their cultural heritage with neighbors.

They are events that are brought from the community that lives in Carmel, that wants to share their cultural heritage with their friends and neighbors, said Dr. Anita Joshi, a Carmel City Council member.

Joshi played a key role in bringing Diwali to Carmel last year. She said her Indian heritage motivated her to help make the festival a community-wide tradition.

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