Chinese Lantern Festival celebrated around world

STORY: GLOBALink | Lantern Festival celebrated around world DATELINE: Feb. 6, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:58 LOCATION: Kuala Lumpur/BARCELONA, Spain/Suva/DALLAS, U.S. CATEGORY: CULTURE/SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of celebrations in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 2. various of celebrations in Barcelona, Spain 3. various of celebrations in Suva, Fiji 4. various of celebrations in Texas, The United States STORYLINE: The Chinese Lantern Festival was celebrated around the world over the weekend. On Sunday, dazzling fireworks illuminated the night sky in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, as Thean Hou Temple held a lavish Lantern Festival gala, drawing more than 3,000 people. Thean Hou Temple is an important place for Malaysian-Chinese to embrace Chinese culture. The quaint temple lit up some 6,000 red lanterns every day during Chinese New Year. In Spain, the festival was embraced in the north of Barcelona over the weekend, as part of the Chinese New Year celebrations. People gathered in Santa Coloma de Gramenet to enjoy shows featuri

Lanterns lit up in Tokyo to encourage disaster-hit areas

Lanterns lit up in Tokyo to encourage disaster-hit areas

TOKYO, Japan - A total of 3,000 lanterns made of Japanese ''washi'' paper illuminate Tokyo's Roppongi district on Oct. 15, 2011, in support of reconstruction of the areas devastated by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami. Written on the lanterns were encouraging messages from across Japan and some 70 countries.

Lanterns lit up in Tokyo to encourage disaster-hit areas

Lanterns lit up in Tokyo to encourage disaster-hit areas

TOKYO, Japan - A total of 3,000 lanterns made of Japanese ''washi'' paper illuminate Tokyo's Roppongi district on Oct. 15, 2011, in support of reconstruction of the areas devastated by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami. Written on the lanterns were encouraging messages from across Japan and some 70 countries.

3,000 stone lanterns lit at Kasuga Shrine in Nara

3,000 stone lanterns lit at Kasuga Shrine in Nara

NARA, Japan - Some 3,000 stone lanterns are lit on Aug. 14 in a traditional summer festival to pray for health and safety.

Kobe marks 27th anniversary of deadly quake

Video taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows an overview of Kobe, western Japan, on Jan. 17, 2022, the 27th anniversary of the Great Hanshin Earthquake that struck the city and its vicinity, killing more than 6,000 people. The western Japan city of Kobe on Monday marked the 27th anniversary of the magnitude 7.3 earthquake that killed 6,434 people in the area. Local residents and victims' families observed a moment of silence at 5:46 a.m., the time the Great Hanshin Earthquake struck the port city in Hyogo Prefecture and neighboring areas on Jan. 17, 1995. In a predawn event at Higashi Yuenchi, a park in Kobe's Chuo Ward, people lit about 3,000 bamboo lanterns that were aligned to form "1.17," the date of the disaster.

Lanterns lit up in Tokyo to encourage disaster-hit areas

Lanterns lit up in Tokyo to encourage disaster-hit areas

TOKYO, Japan - A total of 3,000 lanterns made of Japanese ''washi'' paper illuminate Tokyo's Roppongi district on Oct. 15, 2011, in support of reconstruction of the areas devastated by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami. Written on the lanterns were encouraging messages from across Japan and some 70 countries. (Kyodo)

Lanterns lit up in Tokyo to encourage disaster-hit areas

Lanterns lit up in Tokyo to encourage disaster-hit areas

TOKYO, Japan - A total of 3,000 lanterns made of Japanese ''washi'' paper illuminate Tokyo's Roppongi district on Oct. 15, 2011, in support of reconstruction of the areas devastated by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami. Written on the lanterns were encouraging messages from across Japan and some 70 countries. (Kyodo)

3,000 stone lanterns lit at Kasuga Shrine in Nara

3,000 stone lanterns lit at Kasuga Shrine in Nara

NARA, Japan - Some 3,000 stone lanterns are lit on Aug. 14 in a traditional summer festival to pray for health and safety. (Kyodo)