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| Sky Lantern |
Lights are always bright . Not sure if some famous
motivational artist said so but I believe for sure. The very sight of beaming and shining lights
just changes the aura around you and lightens you up. No wonder , in a country
like India even before the Diwali festivities start the pre-festive seasons
kicks in.
This is just a run up to the festival of lights . What it
also does is it gears people and households to prepare well in advance for the
festivities to start.
And then , suddenly everything is glowing . Light installations
to colorful flower arrangement to candles shining bright and a new add-on paper
lanterns just make the entire air so very positive .
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| Floating ?! |
Yesterday , I was invite to a private party for Vijaya
Dashami celebrations . While as I kid ,
purchasing a ‘dhanush ‘ or a ‘talwar’ seemed so much fun , now it’s just good
to see Ravana and the crackers cracking with a little less noise and little
less pollution . Besides the interesting food and drinks which were on offer ,
one thing which caught my attention were
the – paper lanterns .
Also called and known as sky lanterns these are small hot air balloons made of paper, with an opening at the
bottom where a small fire is suspended.
Besides having an array of shapes and designs the colors of the paper
are what makes these a beautiful sight . Not to forget the fire within .
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| River Lantern Festival |
I could see people of all age groups jumping with joy ,
looking high up in the sky as the lanterns flew by. It was a beautiful sight when suddenly you
have 15-20 sky candles or fire
balloons all lit up in the air making a beautiful sight. It just made me stand
still to see how beautiful and pure such simple things in life can be.
Aesthetic
effect aside these are the moments which one should cherish .
What these also made me think and connect was ,these are also
like us , as humans , people.
If you have
a fire within of doing something big, great it won’t matter what kind of
circumstances are around you. Just like the small candle lights out any paper
from black to white or colored the fire
will burn and it will illuminate and make the surrounding look so much more
interesting. No matter how bad or tough
the circumstances are you have the power to shine and shine on and spread the
light around you .
What’s more is that people being people were actually writing
‘wishes’ on the lantern inspired from the famous Pingxi District in New Taipei
City of Taiwan which holds an annual Lantern Festival .
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| Lantern Festival |
And like they say , play by the light of the moon .
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