JP’s Lantern Festival
July 19th, 2008
Thursday night was the 10th annual Lantern Festival here in J.P. About 4,000 people showed up! It was inspired by Japanese Bon festivals to honor the dead (which is what the lanterns are sent out onto the water for). I don’t know much more about it than that! But, is was beautiful, as I hope these photos attest to! It was held in the Forest Hills Cemetery which is a gorgeous, old cemetery with lots of old statues & beautiful trees– I never thought I’d say it but we’re planning a picnic & bikeride through the cemetery one of these summer afternoons– its really a neat place.
Photo credits go to my sweetie, whose hand at night-time photography is much steadier than mine.