The video shows a nighttime street in Jersey City, NJ (India Square / Little India area near Journal Square / Hobart/Herbert St), heavily littered with fireworks debris, boxes, tubes, cans, and other trash, with puddles (from water used by responders), smoke, crowds, emergency vehicles, firefighters/police, and shopfronts typical of that commercial district. The overlay text reads “DIWALI CELEBRAT.” This matches the post’s caption: “Meanwhile on the Streets on New Jersey… Indians Celebrating Dilwali happened.”
Diwali 2026 fell around November 8 (Lakshmi Puja on the 8th in the NJ area). Jersey City has large Indian-American celebrations, including official events (e.g., at Exchange Place on Nov 7) and informal street gatherings in Little India/India Square that involve fireworks.
This is a recurring pattern, not a one-off:
- Similar viral videos and reports from 2019, 2024, and 2025 show the same India Square streets covered in cracker litter, with fire departments using water hoses, police presence, noise/safety issues, and cleanup.
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