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  2. Sky lantern - Wikipedia

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    Sky lanterns have also been alleged to pose a danger to aircraft. [20] In 2009 British company Sky Orbs Chinese Lanterns developed lanterns using bio-degradable fireproof wool. [21] [22] Early in 2009, a lantern set fire to a house in Siegen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, resulting in the death of a ten-year-old boy. [1]

  3. Current (sculpture) - Wikipedia

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    Current is a soft fiber sculpture by Janet Echelman, installed in Columbus, Ohio, United States.The work is suspended over High and Gay streets in Downtown Columbus.The sculpture was installed in May 2023.

  4. Mid-Autumn Festival - Wikipedia

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    A notable part of celebrating the holiday is the carrying of brightly lit lanterns, lighting lanterns on towers, or floating sky lanterns. [1] Another tradition involving lanterns is to write riddles on them and have other people try to guess the answers ( simplified Chinese : 灯谜 ; traditional Chinese : 燈謎 ; pinyin : dēng mí ; lit ...

  5. Loy Krathong - Wikipedia

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    Mid-Autumn Festival - Chinese autumn lantern festival where the water lantern or lamp has been used for floating; Boita Bandana – Odia autumn festival when people float miniature boats with lighted lamps (diyas) on the rivers/sea. Diwali – Indian light festival; Karthika Deepam - festival of lights observed in Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Sri Lanka.

  6. Water lantern - Wikipedia

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    Floating lanterns at the Eihei-ji temple, Japan. A water lantern is a type of lamp that floats on the surface of the water. It is also known as a floating lamp, river lamp or lake lamp, depending on the water body on which it is floated. The water lantern originated in India and later spread to other parts of South Asia, Southeast Asia and East ...

  7. Stone lantern - Wikipedia

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    Stone lanterns (灯籠/灯篭/灯楼, Chinese: dēnglóng; Japanese: tōrō, meaning 'light basket', 'light tower') [a] are a type of traditional East Asian lantern made of stone, wood, or metal. Originating in China, stone lanterns spread to Japan, Korea and Vietnam, though they are most commonly found in both China – extant in Buddhist ...

  8. Floating lantern - Wikipedia

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    Floating lantern may refer to: Sky lantern, a small hot air balloon made of paper that floats in the air; Water lantern, a type of lamp that floats on the surface of ...

  9. Qinhuai Lantern Fair - Wikipedia

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    The production of Qinhuai lanterns integrates traditional Chinese handicrafts such as weaving, painting, calligraphy, paper cutting, shadow puppetry, embroidery, sculpture and so on. As far as its production materials are concerned, the materials for making skeletons are mainly bamboo, trees, rattan, wheat straw, animal horns, and metals, among ...

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