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(RNS) — As thousands of people celebrated the second day of Diwali, the Hindu festival of lights, in a Seattle convention center on Saturday (Nov. 7), two far-right agitators stormed into the room holding placards that read “Deport All Dot Heads” and “Stop Hindu replacement of Christians.”

Visitors from across Washington state traveled to the Seattle Center Armory Food & Event Hall for the family-friendly event, which featured six hours of music and dance performances, roti making, henna, block printing, free food and baby cows, festival organizer Latha Sambamurti said. About an hour and a half into the event, a group of student dancers in red and gold saris performed onstage a Bharatnatyam version of the Narakasuravadham, an Indian classical dance depicting the defeat of the demon Narakasura.…