More than 11,000 paper lanterns are illuminating the sky in Poznan, Poland, where they celebrate every year the start of the Summer during the longest day of the year.An impressive display of lights that look like stars in the sky.

A one-of-a-kind event was held in Azerbaijan as part of the kick off celebration of the Eurovision Song Contest 2012. People who attended reported that a large number of young people gathered at Baku sea front to fly sky lanterns into the sky. Beautiful!

Lights have been a very important element of many festivals. Even before the discovery of electricity, rather more so because of the lack of it, lighting lamps or lanterns was a significant part of celebrations. In fact, some festivals are known as festivals of lights. There are many such light fest...

MIDSUMMER KUPALA NIGHT is a Slavic feast associated with the summer solstice of the Sun, celebrated in the shortest night of the year. This is festival of water and fire. On June 21, 2015 in Poznan, Poland near the Warta River, this feast was also a flash mob in which participants have released one ...

The Magical Lantern Festival is a groundbreaking, five-week festival, channeling its rich, 2000-year heritage into an immersive world of 50, enormous lanterns which flash and interact with guests, including a 66-metre dragon; life-sized Terracotta Army; a majestic Temple of Heaven with performances ...