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.
Photos of the Taiwan Lantern Festival
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https://www.taiwanquest.com/taiwan-lantern-festival-taoyuan-2025/
CHINESE LANTERN FESTIVAL
Kyōto has many light-up events during the autumn, but Manpuku-ji's is something to behold.
As one might expect from one of the country's few Chinese-style temples, the colourful lanterns are heavily influenced by festivals on the mainland.
YMCA song - sung with only #cat #meows 
Part of #Esquimalt #LanternFestival this evening. #Pianist is Brooke Maxwel - a lovely person & well appreciated, local musician.
https://www.brookemaxwell.com/
Fun, giant walking #puppets at #Esquimalt #LanternFestival this evening. It runs until 10PM.
The puppets were from #MixedMediaMonsters by lantern festival organizer & art director, Jessica Hickman.
http://jessicahickman.net/mixedmediamonsters
At #Esquimalt #LanternFestival. Festival runs til 10pm.
Giant walking #puppets at festival. The glowing blowfish is from #MixedMediaMonsters by lantern festival organizer & art director, Jessica Hickman.
http://jessicahickman.net/mixedmediamonsters
From earlier.
#Esquimalt #LanternFestival at Esquimalt Gorge Park.
Big walking #puppets seen in video were made by #PuenteTheatre - a local #theatrical production company.
https://www.puentetheatre.ca/
At #Esquimalt #LanternFestival. Wrapping shift at lantern making station soon. Festival runs til 10pm.
As ever, on #元宵節 #LanternFestival
—the first full moon of the lunar year, when lanterns light up the night.
A well-known 11th c. lyric attributed to statesman Ouyang Xiu 歐陽修 and also to woman poet Zhu Shujen 朱淑真
