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Illuminares Festival in Vancouver (Includes interview and first-hand account)

Every year The Lantern Festival, which is also called Illuminares, grows in good volume of both participants and viewers who come at one specific weekend night after 6 PM when the day light disappears over the west horizon and night time slowly takes over. This time, the festival came back to Trout Lake in East Vancouver after being showed both at Gastown and Canada Place in previous years.

The parade of snowy owls  Lantern Festival  Vancouver.

The parade of snowy owls, Lantern Festival, Vancouver.

The organizer of the festival is organization called Public Dreams Society which also organizes The Parade of Lost Souls at the time of Halloween.

The drummer and percussionist from The Snowy Owl Drummers performing at Lantern Festival  Vancouver.

The drummer and percussionist from The Snowy Owl Drummers performing at Lantern Festival, Vancouver.

The festival is the event in which people get various forms of light and carry them around Trout Lake to create a light-and-shadow progressing show that culminates with the final parade of lights. In this year’s festival, the organizers called for artists to present their ideas in variety of installations displaying different forms of light.

One of many lights displays at Trout Lake  Lantern Festival  Vancouver.

One of many lights displays at Trout Lake, Lantern Festival, Vancouver.


A play called Aquarells in a Light-Fantastic Round performed by The End Tree  Lantern Festival  Vanc...

A play called Aquarells in a Light-Fantastic Round performed by The End Tree, Lantern Festival, Vancouver.

Around the lake, there were workshops held to instruct the public on how to make their own lanterns made out of recycled material. They were sold to everyone who wanted to take part in the final light parade with their own lantern.

One of many lights displays at Trout Lake  Lantern Festival  Vancouver.

One of many lights displays at Trout Lake, Lantern Festival, Vancouver.


In the last moments of daylight  the harpists group performing by the Trout Lake collected lots of p...

In the last moments of daylight, the harpists group performing by the Trout Lake collected lots of people listening to their gentle tunes, Lantern Festival, Vancouver.

Amongst the performers were musicians (including fantastic harpists), stilt walkers, solo performers, theatre groups and a group of 30 people from Radiant Heat closing the event with huge fire show.

Fire show closing event by Radiant Heat  Lantern Festival  Vancouver.

Fire show closing event by Radiant Heat, Lantern Festival, Vancouver.


Lit lion s head with white feathers as one of artistic installations of Lantern Festival  Vancouver.

Lit lion’s head with white feathers as one of artistic installations of Lantern Festival, Vancouver.


Solo performer by the palm tree which soon after was lit by colourful lights  Lantern Festival  Vanc...

Solo performer by the palm tree which soon after was lit by colourful lights, Lantern Festival, Vancouver.


Fairy walking on stilts and collecting people s ideas who were answering questions by writing them o...

Fairy walking on stilts and collecting people’s ideas who were answering questions by writing them on small pieces of paper. One of her questions was, “what makes you shine?”, Lantern Festival, Vancouver.


Human light in solo performance at Lantern Festival  Vancouver.

Human light in solo performance at Lantern Festival, Vancouver.


Nayana  a solo performer during her walk around the lake  Lantern Festival  Vancouver.

Nayana, a solo performer during her walk around the lake, Lantern Festival, Vancouver.


Hoola-hop night light effects by a solo performer  Lantern Festival  Vancouver.

Hoola-hop night light effects by a solo performer, Lantern Festival, Vancouver.

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