*Vice President-elect Kamala Harris’ ancestral village in southern India was lit on Sunday, literally, after she and President-elect Joe Biden were projected to win the presidency.
Firecrackers and sparklers were set off, and prayers were held in Thulasendrapuram, the village where Harris’ maternal grandfather was born and raised, after she made history by becoming the first woman, the first Indian American and the first Black woman to win the second-highest U.S. office.
Residents wrote “Congratulations Kamala Harris. Pride of our village” in colorful powder in front of their homes. Also in celebration, residents handed out buckets of freshly made traditional sweets and played music, according to Reuters. At the village temple, a priest performed a special prayer Harris’ honor, and residents waved posters featuring a photo of Harris.
“A woman hailing from this small village now holds one of the highest positions in U.S. It’s a proud moment,” R Kamaraj, a government minister in the southern state of Tamil Nadu who joined the celebrations, told Reuters.
See all of the celebrations in the two videos below:
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