my town has held a lantern festival for the last 4 years, in February. It’s based on an old tradition of chasing away the dark so the light can return (seems to work!)
It gets better every year!
Video clips from last night’s festivities (everything you see is home-made)
The parade runs the length of town (one mile), then culminates in an open area where people eat, drink, and warm up by bonfires.
It's the #CelebrationOfLight fireworks in #Vancouver tonight.
I can't help thinking I would like a different variety where once a year we turn all the lights off at night and allow people who live in cities to see the full complement of stars in the sky!
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Global News BC: Vancouver’s Celebration of Light festival to begin Saturday night https://globalnews.ca/news/9850369/vancouvers-celebration-of-light-festival-2023/ #globalnews #britishcolumbia #news #HondaCelebrationofLights #englishbayfireworks #CelebrationofLight #FireworksFestival #VancouverFestival #VancouverEvent #Entertainment #EnglishBay #Vancouver #WestEnd
Vancouver Things: Celebration of Light Fireworks Road Closures, Viewpoints in Vancouver https://miss604.com/2023/07/celebration-of-light-fireworks-road-closures-viewpoints-in-vancouver.html - via @Miss604 #Vancouver #Events #VancouverEvents #celebrationoflight #cheapthingstodo #vancouver #fireworks #CheapFun #events #BC
The Tyee: Please Advise: Are We Having Fun Yet? https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2023/07/18/Please-Advise-Doc-Steve-Fun-City-Mayor-Ken-Sim-Beer/ #bcnews #TheTyee - via @tyee@mstdn.ca #CaptainGeorgeVancouver #KhatsahlanoStreetParty #GreatBritishBake-Off #VancouverMayorKenSim #CelebrationofLight #Coun.MikeKlassen #StanleyCupFinal #ZippythePinhead #BillGriffiths #StanleyPark #Barbie
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Global News BC: Countries competing in the Celebration of Light 2023 announced https://globalnews.ca/news/9646575/celebration-of-light-2023-countries/ #globalnews #britishcolumbia #news #CelebrationoflightVancouverthisyear #Celebrationoflightteams2023 #Celebrationoflightlineup #HondaCelebrationofLight #CelebrationofLight2023 #FireworksEnglishBAy #CelebrationofLight #fireworksshow #Fireworks #Canada
