Top 10 Celebrated Lantern Festival Around The World
These yearly lantern festivals are great reasons to travel, or celebrate ancient respected traditions. Lantern festivals focus on peace and hope. Here's our list of top 10 celebrated worldwide lantern festivals.
1. RiSE - Las Vegas: October 2nd and 3rd, 2020.
Every October, the RiSE Festival is held in the Mojave Desert outside of Las Vegas. RiSE is a live music event culminating in the largest lantern release in the world. Together they give a collective voice to our individual hopes and dreams in one beautiful display. All lanterns are 100% biodegradable and we recover all lanterns from the surrounding desert after the event. It's an incredible experience that cannot be described!
Every October, the RiSE Festival is held in the Mojave Desert outside of Las Vegas. RiSE is a live music event culminating in the largest lantern release in the world. Together they give a collective voice to our individual hopes and dreams in one beautiful display. All lanterns are 100% biodegradable and we recover all lanterns from the surrounding desert after the event. It's an incredible experience that cannot be described!
2. The Diwali Festival Of Lights - India: November 14th, 2020.
Diwali, or Dipawali, is India's biggest and most important holiday of the year. The festival gets its name from the row (avali) of clay lamps (deepa) that Indians light outside their homes to symbolize the inner light that protects from spiritual darkness. This festival is as important to Hindus as the Christmas holiday is to Christians.
Diwali, or Dipawali, is India's biggest and most important holiday of the year. The festival gets its name from the row (avali) of clay lamps (deepa) that Indians light outside their homes to symbolize the inner light that protects from spiritual darkness. This festival is as important to Hindus as the Christmas holiday is to Christians.
3. Floating of Lanterns - Hawaii: May 25th, 2020.
Memorial Day in America is a day when people remember and honor those who have fallen in service to their country. In Hawaii, with its diverse population, traditions become easily adopted and assimilated into its rich cultural fabric. Lanterns are placed onto the water with wishes for the peace and happiness of loved ones past while unveiling courage and hope in the hearts of those in the present.
Memorial Day in America is a day when people remember and honor those who have fallen in service to their country. In Hawaii, with its diverse population, traditions become easily adopted and assimilated into its rich cultural fabric. Lanterns are placed onto the water with wishes for the peace and happiness of loved ones past while unveiling courage and hope in the hearts of those in the present.
4. Odaiba Lantern Festival - Japan: July 23rd, 2020.
Marine Day or umi no hi (literally ‘day of the sea’), is celebrated every third Monday of July. While there aren’t any traditional ceremonies (being a newer national holiday), many people choose to visit the beach on this day. Parks and aquariums also hold events and festivals to celebrate the importance of the ocean.
Marine Day or umi no hi (literally ‘day of the sea’), is celebrated every third Monday of July. While there aren’t any traditional ceremonies (being a newer national holiday), many people choose to visit the beach on this day. Parks and aquariums also hold events and festivals to celebrate the importance of the ocean.
5. Yi Peng Chiang Mai Lantern Festival - Thailand: October 31st, 2020.
Yi peng 2020 For this year will be celebrated on 31st October 2020 Small krathong and 1st November 2020 Big Krathong Parade in the city Yi peng (or Yee Peng) is celebrated when the local go to temple for listening to the monks pray of offering lantern to the monks. Locals decorate their house with hanging Khom loy or lantern.light up the lantern to give praise to Lord Buddha.
Yi peng 2020 For this year will be celebrated on 31st October 2020 Small krathong and 1st November 2020 Big Krathong Parade in the city Yi peng (or Yee Peng) is celebrated when the local go to temple for listening to the monks pray of offering lantern to the monks. Locals decorate their house with hanging Khom loy or lantern.light up the lantern to give praise to Lord Buddha.
6. Yuan Xiao Spring Lantern Festival - China: February 8th, 2020.
Celebrated on the 15th day of the first Chinese lunar month, the Lantern Festival traditionally marks the end of the Chinese New Year (Spring Festival) period. It's Saturday, February 8 in 2020. People will go out to look at the moon, send up flying lanterns, fly bright drones, have a meal, and enjoy time together with family and friends in parks and natural areas.
Celebrated on the 15th day of the first Chinese lunar month, the Lantern Festival traditionally marks the end of the Chinese New Year (Spring Festival) period. It's Saturday, February 8 in 2020. People will go out to look at the moon, send up flying lanterns, fly bright drones, have a meal, and enjoy time together with family and friends in parks and natural areas.
7. Hoi An Full Moon Lantern Festival - Vietnam: February 7th, 2020.
The festival takes place in Hoi An, a city on Vietnam’s central coast. The Hoi An festival is celebrated on the 14th day of each lunar month, according to the Lunar calendar. During the festival, all of the electric lights in the old town of Hoi An are turned off, and thousands of colorful lanterns and candles are lit along the city’s streets. The festival is an opportunity for locals to pay tribute to their ancestors. Traditionally, it is believed that the lighting of lanterns will bring good fortune and love.
The festival takes place in Hoi An, a city on Vietnam’s central coast. The Hoi An festival is celebrated on the 14th day of each lunar month, according to the Lunar calendar. During the festival, all of the electric lights in the old town of Hoi An are turned off, and thousands of colorful lanterns and candles are lit along the city’s streets. The festival is an opportunity for locals to pay tribute to their ancestors. Traditionally, it is believed that the lighting of lanterns will bring good fortune and love.
8. St. John Night - Poland: June 23rd, 2020.
St. John’s Night, aka Noc Kupaly, goes down in Poznan, Poland, where the shortest night of the year is celebrated in June. Fertility and well wishes are amongst the focuses, while folks jump through herbed fires and send flaming wreaths off in the water—that’s some extreme stuff. But all comes to a halt when reportedly 8,000 lanterns float towards the night’s stars.
St. John’s Night, aka Noc Kupaly, goes down in Poznan, Poland, where the shortest night of the year is celebrated in June. Fertility and well wishes are amongst the focuses, while folks jump through herbed fires and send flaming wreaths off in the water—that’s some extreme stuff. But all comes to a halt when reportedly 8,000 lanterns float towards the night’s stars.
9. Water Lantern Festival - Utah: May 30th, 2020.
While they're called many things such as lantern festivals, lights festivals, floating lanterns, water fest, or Chinese lanterns - only Water Lantern Festival allows you to Light The Water in a way you'll never forget. Now you can experience the magic of thousands of lanterns as the soft lights reflect upon the water.
While they're called many things such as lantern festivals, lights festivals, floating lanterns, water fest, or Chinese lanterns - only Water Lantern Festival allows you to Light The Water in a way you'll never forget. Now you can experience the magic of thousands of lanterns as the soft lights reflect upon the water.
10. Pingxi Lantern Festival - Taiwan: February 8th, 2020.
The Pingxi Lantern Festival takes place outside of Taipei, Taiwan, and is one of the most magical things your eyes may ever witness. Hundreds of lanterns are inscribed via calligraphy pen with personal wishes, then sent up into the sky. While the event is in February, lantern shops in Pingxi allow visitors to make a lantern any time of the year, as this is the only place that allows this. Locals collect debris after it lands, and they can exchange them for goods like toilet paper and such.
The Pingxi Lantern Festival takes place outside of Taipei, Taiwan, and is one of the most magical things your eyes may ever witness. Hundreds of lanterns are inscribed via calligraphy pen with personal wishes, then sent up into the sky. While the event is in February, lantern shops in Pingxi allow visitors to make a lantern any time of the year, as this is the only place that allows this. Locals collect debris after it lands, and they can exchange them for goods like toilet paper and such.