The Ceremony of the flying lanterns at the Mostra d'Oltremare, an evocative show for the Festival of the East 2016!
Friday 23 September 2016, in the square of the fountains at Mostra d'Oltremare, the "Ceremony of flying lanterns“, On the occasion of the inauguration of the second edition of Orient Festival. These magical lanterns, also known by the name of lantern Kongming, or paper balloons, have a very ancient history.
It was the Chinese, in the third century BC to realize them for military reasons, in fact they were used to illuminate the dark areas, to spread messages, or to report something. The Chinese tradition today attributes to the launch of lanterns a mystical value that combines spirituality and emotional suggestion. All the lanterns let fly to the sky represent wishes and hopes that will be accepted and granted by the deities that dwell in the sky.
Sometimes colored lanterns are used because every color has its meaningFor example, red indicates luck, pink indicates friendship, purple indicates creativity, green indicates growth, orange indicates evolution, blue indicates trust and white indicates justice. Even the flame has a mystical value, in fact it represents the knowledge through which the divinities can be reached, while the light of the lanterns represents the path of one's life.
For all those who will participate in the Orient Festival it will be an exciting moment, an evocative show that will project them into a distant world and, if you wish, you will be able to book a lantern for free, while stocks last, by online booking but remember to make a wish before the launch.
Information on the Ceremony of Flying Lanterns
When: Friday September 23 2016
Where: Mostra d'Oltremare, Via John Fitzgerald Kennedy 54
Schedule: by 21: 00
Ticket cost to the Festival d'Oriente:
- full € 12,00
- reduced € 8,00 (children from 5 to 10 years)
- free (children under 5)
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