Festival of lights

Christmas tree on Frankfurt's Römerberg

House of Cultures (Pregnant Oyster) at the Festival of Lights in Berlin

The Marburg Castle during the light show "Marburg b (u) y Night" in changing colors and. Spotlights

Lantern parade to Sankt Martin in Cologne

Nuremberg Castle during the Blue Night

Festival of Lights is a collective term for a temporary fixed , wherein a plurality of light sources such as candles , lamps , lanterns , spotlights , projectors and / or fireworks , take center stage and so at dusk and in the dark for a special atmosphere make . A further development of traditional light festivals are Luminalen or Festivals of Lights , in which the illumination of buildings that shape the cityscape is in the foreground.

Fixed religious communities

• Hanukkah , a Jewish festival of lights
• Diwali , a Hindu festival of lights
• Luzernar , a Christian rite mainly performed on Easter vigil
• Christmas , on which Christianity celebrates the birth of Jesus Christ , who is said to have called himself “the light of the world” ( John 8:12  EU )

National celebrations with a long tradition

• Chaharshanbe Suri , Iran
• Luciafest , Sweden
• Loi Krathong , Thailand
• Martinstag , Germany, Austria, Switzerland
• Chinese Lantern Festival , China and Taiwan
• Obon , Japan

Celebrations with different locations

• Flaming stars
• Rhine in Flames

Local festivals

Australia

• Vivid in Sydney

Belgium

• Light festival in Ghent

Germany

• " Lichtsicht " in Bad Rothenfelde
• Festival of lights in Bad Zwesten
• “Illumination - Long Evenings in the Park” in the Bad Zwischenahn Gardens
• Berchinale in Berching
• Berlin lights up in Berlin
• Festival of Lights in Berlin
• " Kemnade in Flames" in Bochum
• Festival of lights in Bodenwerder
• Festival of lights in the Westfalenpark Dortmund
• "Winter lights" in the Westfalenpark Dortmund
• Essen light weeks
• Luminale in Frankfurt am Main
• Rose and light festival in Frankfurt am Main
• Festival of Lights (Halle on the Saale)
• “Autumn lights” in Maximilianpark Hamm
• International fireworks competition in the Great Garden in Hanover-Herrenhausen
• "Sea of ​​Lights" in Hohwacht
• Jesteburg in the sea of ​​lights
• Festival of Lights Karlsruhe City Garden Karlsruhe
• Luminous streams Koblenz
• Cologne Lights
• Laubacher Festival of Lights
• Leipzig Festival of Lights
• Light routes Lüdenscheid
• "Marburg b (u) y Night" in Marburg
• "Island Lights Festival" in Marienwerder
• "New Year's Lights" in the Botanical Garden in Minden
• Blue Night Nuremberg
• Festival of lights in Büsing-Park in Offenbach am Main
• Schwetzingen Festival of Lights
• Broad evening of lights
• Seppenrade Festival of Lights
• Solingen night of lights
• Festival of Lights Stuttgart
• Light Serenade Ulm / Neu-Ulm
• Festival of lights at Dreilützow Castle, Wittendbod

France

• Fête des lumières Lyon

Great Britain

• Blackpool Illuminations

Japan

• Kobe Luminarie
• Chugen-Mantōrō-Matsuri, Kasuga Shrine , Nara
• Tōrō nagashi , traditional drifting of lanterns on a river for the Obon festival

Netherlands

• GLOW in Eindhoven

Poland

• Narracje in Gdansk
• Light Move Festival in Lodz

Switzerland

• International Light Days Winterthur

Singapore

• I Light Marina Bay in Singapore

Slovenia

• Lighting guerrilla in Ljubljana

South Korea

• Namgang Lantern Festival in Jinju
• Seoul Lantern Festival

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Light Serenade Ulm / Neu-Ulm - Events Ulm / Neu-Ulm. Retrieved on August 8, 2018 (German). 
2. ↑ Home page - Light Move Festival. (No longer available online.) In: Light Move Festival. Archived from the original on May 10, 2016 ; Retrieved May 10, 2016 (American English). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
3. ↑ Seoul Lantern Festival (English)