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Festival Of Lights (other)
Festival of Lights or Celebration of Light may refer to: Religious celebrations Abrahamic religions * Candlemas, a Christian holiday *Christmas, a Christian holiday *Eid al-Adha, a Muslim holiday * Eid al-Fitr, a Muslim holiday *Hanukkah, a Jewish holiday *Saint Lucy's Day, a Christian holiday Eastern religions * Diwali, a religious festival associated with Hinduism, Sikhism, and Jainism * Karthika Deepam, a post-Diwali Tamil festival associated with Hinduism *Kartik Purnima, a post-Diwali religious festival associated with Hinduism, Sikhism, and Jainism *Lantern Festival, a Chinese festival, originating in Buddhism, that marks the last day of the Lunar New Year or Spring Festival *Tazaungdaing festival, a Buddhist festival marking the end of Kathina Other Religions * Imbolc, a Gaelic and Neopagan festival Organized events Canada * Cavalcade of Lights Festival, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada *Celebration of Light, a fireworks and light display in Vancouver, British Colu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Candlemas
Candlemas (also spelled Candlemass), also known as the Feast of the Presentation of Jesus Christ, the Feast of the Purification of the Blessed Virgin Mary, or the Feast of the Holy Encounter, is a Christian holiday commemorating the presentation of Jesus at the Temple. It is based upon the account of the presentation of Jesus in Luke 2:22–40. In accordance with Leviticus 12, a woman was to be purified by presenting a lamb as a burnt offering, and either a young pigeon or dove as sin offering, 33 days after a boy's circumcision. It falls on 2 February, which is traditionally the 40th day (postpartum period) of and the conclusion of the Christmas–Epiphany season. While it is customary for Christians in some countries to remove their Christmas decorations on Twelfth Night (Epiphany Eve), those in other Christian countries historically remove them after Candlemas. On Candlemas, many Christians (especially Eastern Orthodox, Roman Catholics, Lutherans, Anglicans and Methodists) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Winter Festival Of Lights
The Winter Festival of Lights in Niagara Falls, Ontario, is Canada Canada is a country in North America. Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Arctic Ocean, covering over , making it the world's second-largest country by tot ...'s largest lights festival. It runs from mid-November to mid-January and attracts over one million visitors annually. It features a beautifully decorated five-kilometre route along the Niagara Parkway, adjacent to Niagara Falls. History The Winter Festival of Lights was founded in 1982 with the mandate of developing tourism in Niagara Falls during the winter months by the Niagara Falls Canada Visitor and Convention Bureau (now Niagara Falls Tourism), the City of Niagara Falls, The Niagara Parks Commission and numerous local businesses. In 2013, Disney and The Winter Festival of Lights mutually decided to end their relationship after two decades of partnership on the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kobe Luminarie
is a light festival held in Kobe, Japan, every December since 1995 to commemorate the Great Hanshin earthquake of that year.Official Site (Japanese) The lights were donated by the and the installation itself is produced by Valerio Festi and Hirokazu Imaoka. Over 200,000"Going Global" '' The Gold Coast Bulletin'', 2012, December 22. Retrieved on 22 February 2013. individually hand painted [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vivid Sydney
Vivid Sydney is an annual festival of light, music and ideas, held in Sydney, Australia. It includes outdoor immersive light installations and projections, performances by local and international musicians, and an ideas exchange forum featuring public talks and debates with leading creative thinkers. This event takes place over the course of three weeks in May and June. The centrepiece of Vivid Sydney is the light sculptures, multimedia interactive work and building projections that transform various buildings and landmarks such as the Sydney Opera House and Sydney Harbour Bridge in and around the Sydney central business district into an outdoor night time canvas of art. During the 2015 festival, sites of interest were Central Park, Chatswood and the University of Sydney as well as around the CBD, Darling Harbour and The Rocks, New South Wales, The Rocks. History Vivid began as a smart light festival in 2009 for energy efficiency curated by lighting designer Mary-Anne Ky ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nationwide Festival Of Light
The Nationwide Festival of Light was a short-lived grassroots movement formed by British Christians concerned about the rise of the permissive society and social changes in English society by the late 1960s. The movement was opposed to what they saw as the growing trends in the mass media for the explicit depiction of sexual and violent themes. Its culmination was a pair of mass rallies in Trafalgar Square and Hyde Park, London in September 1971. It encouraged a number of other campaigns on similar themes, including the continuing Festival of Light movement in Australia, although it did not persist as a high-profile campaign in the UK, and the subsequent growth in the availability of sexually explicit and violent material would suggest that it had little effect on the media or on consumers. History According to the NFOL's official history as written by John Capon, the organisation's genesis was in November 1970, when a young couple, Peter and Janet Hill, returned to England ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guangzhou International Light Festival
Guangzhou International Light Festival (or GZ Light) ( zh, 廣州國際燈光節) is a light exhibiting festival held annually along the Pearl River in the city of Guangzhou Guangzhou (, ; ; or ; ), also known as Canton () and alternatively romanized as Kwongchow or Kwangchow, is the capital and largest city of Guangdong province in southern China. Located on the Pearl River about north-northwest of Hong Kon ..., China. 2015 International Year of Light And Light-Based Technologies The festival occurs every November since 2010, when the 16th Asian Games left many lighting facilities on the ground of the event. External links [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jerusalem Festival Of Light
Jerusalem Festival of Light is a week-long Israeli light festival held every summer in Jerusalem. History The Jerusalem Festival of Light was established in 2009. It displays the work of leading international artists who use light as their creative medium."The light shines out in Jerusalem", Hello (magazine) http://www.hellomagazine.com/travel/201106155602/jerusalem-festival-of-light/ In 2011, the festival, located in and around Jerusalem's Old City drew over 200,000 visitors. In 2012 the show was extended into other neighborhoods of the Old City, including the Rehov Hagay, the commercial street leading from the Damascus Gate."Old City to shine during third annual light festival", Melanie Lidman, 05/26/2011 http://www.jpost.com/NationalNews/Article.aspx?id=222396 The festival, which lasts a week, is sponsored by the Jerusalem Municipality, the Prime Minister’s Office, the semi-public Ariel Company and the Jerusalem Development Authority. The cost of 7 million NIS is p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Festival Of Lights (New Plymouth)
Pukekura Park, New Plymouth, New Zealand, illuminated during the annual Festival of Lights. Pukekura Park, New Plymouth, New Zealand, illuminated during the annual Festival of Lights. Waterfall lights The TSB Festival of Lights is an annual event held in Pukekura Park, New Plymouth New Plymouth ( mi, Ngāmotu) is the major city of the Taranaki region on the west coast of the North Island of New Zealand. It is named after the English city of Plymouth, Devon from where the first English settlers to New Plymouth migrated. .... Running for free every year from mid-December to late January, it has a daytime and night time programme of events for people of all ages, with light installations illuminating the park. In 2021 the festival won the Best Local Government and NZ's Favourite Event Awards at the 2021 NZ Events Association Awards. Pukekura Park, New Plymouth, New Zealand, illuminated during the annual Festival of Lights. It was the 1970s when music and entertainment bec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Festival Of Lights (Lyon)
The Festival of Lights (french: Fête des lumières) in Lyon, France, is a popular event that originally aimed at expressing gratitude toward Mary, mother of Jesus around December 8 of each year. This unique Lyonnaise tradition dictates that every house place candles along the outsides of all the windows to produce a spectacular effect throughout the streets. The festival includes other activities based on light and usually lasts four days, with the peak of activity occurring on the 8th. The two main focal points of activity are typically the Basilica of Fourvière which is lit up in different colours, as well as the Place des Terreaux, which hosts a different light show each year. History Spared from plague The origins of the festival date to 1643 when Lyon was struck by plague. On September 8, 1643, the municipal councillors (''échevins'') promised to pay tribute to Mary if the town was spared. Ever since, a solemn procession makes its way to the Basilica of Fourvière on 8 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Festival Of Lights (Berlin)
Festival of Lights Berlin is a free annual international event that takes place in September to October in Berlin, Germany. It transforms landmarks and buildings across the city through the use of illuminations, luministic projections and 3D mapping. Structures, streets and squares, including Brandenburg Gate, the Berlin TV Tower, the Berlin Cathedral, or the Berlin Victory Column have been metamorphosed through light each year since the first Festival of Lights took place in 2005. In 2008, the Light Festival opened on 14 October with the light fountain show Flames of Water in front of Humboldt University of Berlin in Berlin. The light artists lit up and cast projections across 49 landmarks and squares across Berlin. The church towers of the Nikolaikirche Nikolaikirche (Berlin), Nikolaikirche in the city centre were for the first time ever illuminated all in white, commemorating the legend of the escape of John Sigismund, Elector of Brandenburg from his castle to the Nikolai quar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nights Of Lights
Nights of Lights (sometimes referred to as Night of Lights) is an annual holiday festival of lights occurring in and around downtown St. Augustine, in the U.S. state of Florida, in which buildings and rooftops throughout the downtown are decorated and lit by over three million of tiny holiday lights. The festival is a public-private partnership that begins in mid-November, and lasts through the end of January each year. The festival loosely traces its origins to the traditional Spanish Christmas practice of displaying white candles in the windows, said to symbolize making room in a home for the biblical story of the birth of Jesus when parents Joseph and Mary could not find room at an inn. There is no admission fee or cost to view the lights, although specialized tours and viewing areas are available for fees. History Begun in 1993, the Nights of Lights festival is a public-private partnership, between the City of St. Augustine and the St. Johns County Tourist Development Cou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Magnificent Mile Lights Festival
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