ujarati speakers, representing a global diaspora with roots in the northwest Indian state of Gujarat, maintain major communities throughout the metropolitan area, most visibly in and around Jersey City's Journal Square and elsewhere in New Jersey, but also in Queens neighborhoods where speakers of other Indian languages also live. Southeast Queens, around Auburndale and Laurelton, notably hosts a community of a few hundred Gujarati-speaking Dawoodi Bohra, following a religious tradition within the Ismaili branch of Shia Islam. The Gujarati Samaj, a non-profit cultural organization since 1974, unifies the community with festivities on Diwali, International Yoga Day, and Gujarat Independence Day, celebrated annually on May 1st.