chinese flying lantern

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Barusan ini Waisak di Borobudur kan menerbangkan 1000 lampion....
Uhhhh bisa terbang ? seperti apakah itu ?........ mari sharing apa saja
tentang lampion terbang tsb... nice pict welcome..tips and triks ok!

foto2 diatas dari internet, bukan yg di Borobudur 2010... mohon tidak salah sangka!

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10 x Red Heart Flying Chinese Lanterns By Light A Lantern 100% UK Safe
£38.00

uhh mahal banget tuhhh

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Seperti apa sih lampion terbang itu ?

Releasing kom loys during Loy Krathong festival in San Sai, Chiang Mai, Thailand. 24 November 2007.


bagi yg gak sempat ke Borobudur, bisa juga nikmatin yg ini

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Berapa tinggi lampion tersebut dapat terbang ?

May 24, 2006  — A trip to see the sky lanterns in Pingxi -- truly a unique Taiwan experience.
The music is from a Heavenly Melody album: "Suzanne plays Heavenly Melody" favorites on Erhu (the Chinese erhu is that 2-stringed, violin-like instrument you are hearing) The title of the song is 平安夜裡真平安 (Silent Night, Peaceful Night).

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Sky Lanterns - the History

There is a very long History Of Khoom Fay (Sky Lanterns), Launching Sky Lanterns is one of the most renowned folk activities, during the traditional Chinese Lantern Festival in Taiwan and is becoming more popular all across Europe and in 2008 large numbers of Sky flying lanterns began to be sold in the UK.

Sky Lanterns date back hundreds if not thousands of years, when armies employed them as signalling devices and later were adopted by common folk, who used them to convey their wishes to the gods in heaven.

The locals believe floating candles (Sky Lanterns) offer poignancy and tranquility and the strings of breathtaking stars bring back all your ancestral spirits. Many people celebrate the annual Yipeng Lantern Festival. Yipeng means the full moon of the twelfth lunar month in the Buddhist Calendar or the second lunar in Asia.

Others may also celebrate this festival as a tribute to chulam anee stupa in the heavens. Locals believe that the launching of Khoom Loy, or floating lanterns into the sky would rid them of all their troubles and demons. Moreover, if the lanterns are offered to monks, they will receive wisdom in return as the flame in the lantern is said to symbolize knowledge and the light will guide them to the right path of their lives.

If these lanna style balloons, which are made with mulberry paper and bamboo frame rise high and reveal far, it indicates prosperity. It is thought they could rise as high as 1.250 metres, and to travel vast distances. The local folk in Asia believe that as the Sky Lantern rise, it takes away their troubles and brings good luck in the future so this year take all your troubles away by launching a few lanterns!

The above is just a insight into the history of Khoom Fay (Sky Lanterns) which hopefully you found interesting and will stir your emotions to delve further into this unique experience. We are sure once you try them you will love them, they may also bring you luck!