KYOTO –
The Miyazu Lantern Floating and Fireworks Festival, a standard summer season occasion stated to have a historical past of greater than 400 years, illuminated the waterfront in Miyazu, Kyoto Prefecture, as lanterns carrying prayers drifted throughout the ocean and fireworks lit the night time sky.
The pageant has been handed down by means of generations by native residents and has continued to develop whereas preserving its historic and cultural significance.
Held throughout the Obon interval, the occasion facilities on floating lanterns on the water, making a solemn show of lights throughout the ocean earlier than and throughout the fireworks program.
Crowds gathered alongside the waterfront to look at the lanterns and fireworks, with organizers repeatedly asking spectators to observe security guidelines and cooperate in order that the occasion might proceed easily.
As darkness fell, the floating lights unfold throughout the water whereas successive fireworks shows illuminated the sky above Miyazu.
The mixture of lanterns, fireworks and reflections on the ocean has change into a defining function of the pageant, bringing collectively remembrance, prayer and a neighborhood custom that has endured for hundreds of years.
Source: YOMIURI