Lantern Floating Ceremony In Hawaii

I am totally gobsmacked by those photographs. How about you? Every year during late May thousands of people gather on the Ala Moana Beach in Hawaii to attend the annual Lantern Floating ceremony. Each lit lantern carries a message from the heart and it honours the loved ones that passed on. Last May over 40 000 of them were released to the ocean with the glorious sunset in the distance. What a beautiful and heartfelt tradition, don’t you think? xo

P.S: It reminds me of the Midsummer Night festivities in Poznań.
P.P.S: Or the Loy Kratong Floating Lanterns in Chiang Mai, Thailand.

(via Ana Tuplano. Photos by Lantern floating hawaii, Abby Braman and Jose Roces)