Lantern fest at Forest Hills Cemetery Thursday
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The Forest Hills folks explain:
“This ritual is based on the traditional Japanese Bon Festival, a time when a door opens to the world of the ancestors, allowing us to send messages to the other side. People enjoy picnics on the grass and a multi-cultural program of music and dance. They decorate their lanterns with calligraphy and notes to those who have died. At sunset, a candle is lit in each lantern, and the glimmering lanterns are set afloat. Drifting and flickering with the wind, the lanterns symbolize the soul’s journey when life ends.”Also featured: gospel singer Ron Murphy, Master Tsuji’s Samurai Taiko Drummers, and students from Showa Institute and Chu Ling Dance Academy.
Admission is free, but there’s a $10 parking fee (take the T). And a $10 donation is requested per lantern. If weather doesn’t cooperate Thursday, the event will be postponed to July 24.
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