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Floating Lantern Ceremony Floating Lantern Ceremony (Toro Nagashi)AugustThis Buddhist ceremony is held in Honolulu, Hawaii, around the anniversaries of the end of World War II and the atomic bombing of Hiroshima. The festival is part of the annual Buddhist Bon season of July and August in which the spirits of departed ancestors are welcomed back to earth with prayers, dances, offerings, and by setting afloat more than 1,000 colorful paper lanterns bearing the names of the dead. See also Obon Festival CONTACTS: Hawaii Visitors Bureau 2270 Kalakaua Ave., 8th Fl. Honolulu, HI 96815 800-464-2924 or 808-924-0259; fax: 808-924-0291 www.hvcb.org SOURCES: RelHolCal-2004, p. 221
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