Lantern Festivals in Germany are a very neat tradition, families march through the forest or their neighborhoods singing and carrying lanterns as their only light in order to symbolize bringing the light through the darkness of winter and night.
It is a beautiful celebration that happens all over Germany each winter season. When a large group processes together in the city (as we did tonight) the police escorts the group so that they can stop traffic and close streets to cars as the group walks through the neighborhood.
I felt so glad to be able to witness this joyful event and I was even able to sing along when the kids sang “This Little Light of Mine”!
***Have grace because the pictures aren’t very clear--it was pitch black and very hard to see anything in the view finder but you will get the idea of how cute the kids and their parents were as they marched and sang***
1 comment:
What a great event! How fun that you were able to take part. I hope they got some photos of you as well! klf
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