Lighting the World With LOVE
The 26th annual Jamaica Pond Lantern Parade,
sponsored by Spontaneous Celebrations, will be held this year on both Saturday
and Sunday evenings at sunset (about 6 p.m.). That’s tonight and tomorrow. The lantern
stroll goes on for a few hours so you can stop by at any time.. If you live in
the Boston area it’s highly recommended that you go. What a lovely way of
bringing people together under the stars and into the light….Fresh Air,
Exercise, and Unity…Celebrating Life, Nature, and Human Connections. Aunty was
a reveler at heart and the Lantern Parade was one of her favorite events! Her spirit exemplifies the event then and now. She has passed the torch to me and I will carry on our tradition of spreading love and light.
This beautiful annual tradition has its roots
in Japanese lantern making and Dutch tradition and began in 1984 in JP. The
parade processes around the pond bringing a trail of bouncing lights into the
darkness. Workshops are going on to make the candles made out of recycled
soda bottles decorated with colored tissue paper. They will also be for sale
the nights of the event. Children are encouraged to come in their Halloween
costumes.
This magical
event is held at Jamaica Pond, 507 Jamaica way, Jamaica Plain, MA and it’s FREE!
For
MORE INFO GO TO http://www.spontaneouscelebrations.org/
SEE
YOU THERE….
I
WILL BE CARRYING THE SAME TWO LANTERNS (AS SEEN IN THE PHOTO At the top) AS the AGELESS SPIRIT OF AUNTY
LIGHTS THE WAY…
Part of this post is from the Jamaica Plain Patch
