The event will include elements of traditional festivals from Vietnam, Korea, Taiwan, Japan and other East and Southeast Asian cultures.
Huong Dao Buddhist Temple in Fort Worth is hosting a lantern festival this weekend, Sept. 29-30, 2023, to feature foods and events celebrating the different ways East and Southeast Asian cultures observe the holiday.A Fort Worth Buddhist temple is inviting its neighbors to come experience a lantern festival Friday and Saturday, with musical performances, food and shopping available.
On Saturday, the celebration will continue starting at 10 a.m. with many of the same elements, plus a lantern design contest, a lantern parade and the final round of the Ao Dai contest.The event is meant to showcase a unique Asian festival celebrated by countries including Vietnam, Japan, Taiwan, Korea, China, India, Cambodia, Laos and Sri Lanka, according to the news release.
Lighting a candle for the festival is seen in many of the countries that celebrate it as a symbol of “igniting hope and belief in life,” according to the temple.
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