A candlelight vigil or candlelit vigil is an outdoor

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of people carrying

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s, held after

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in order to show support for a specific cause. Such events are typically held either to protest the suffering of some marginalized group of people, or in memory of the dead. In the latter case, the event is often called a candlelight memorial. A large candlelight vigil will usually have invited speakers with a

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and may be covered by local or national media. Speakers give their speech at the beginning of the vigil to explain why they are holding a vigil and what it represents. Vigils may also have a religious or spiritual purpose. On Christmas Eve many churches hold a candlelight vigil. Candlelight vigils are seen as a nonviolent way to raise awareness of a cause and to motivate change, as well as uniting and supporting those attending the vigil.

Candlelight vigils in South Korea

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In South Korea, the Candlelight vigils, or Candlelight protests is a symbolic collective gathering of political dissent in South Korea to combat injustice peacefully. This method of protesting began in 2002 as a result of the

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, was utilized in the rallies against the impeachment of Roh Moo-hyun in 2004, re-used again in the 2008 U.S. beef protests, and emerged in the 2016-18 President Park Geun-hye protests.

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File:22ndCandlelightVigil.NLEOM.WDC.13May2010.jpg, 2010 National Police Week 22nd annual candlelight vigil at the

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File:Kauhajoen koulusurma 28.jpg, A vigil in Kauhajoki, Finland, one day after the September 23, 2008 shooting incident File:Candlelight Vigil for June 4 Massacre 2007 - 006.JPG, Every year from 1990 to 2019, people attend candlelight vigils on June 4 in

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commemorating the victims of

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. It could no longer be held. File:Candlelight Virgil in Lourdes, France, 2013.jpg, A candlelight vigil in

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American Medical Students Association, ''Planning Candle Light Vigils''

"Example Candle Light Vigil for the Little Ambassador"
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Candlelight vigils in South Korea

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