The lights will commonly be of the same type, so making a candlelight procession, lantern parade or torchlight march.

A lantern parade through the seaside town of Kailua-Kona on Nov. 7 officially kicks off the Kona Coffee Cultural Festival, Nov. 6 to 16, www.konacoffeefest.com, (808) 326-7820.

There were lantern parades through Tokyo to celebrate.

Coming to the Japanese lantern parade and the Ground-Star Ball tonight?

Attractions include silly Olympic games, workshops, crafts, a treasure hunt and a lantern parade.

This also incorporated the town's first lantern parade.

In 2009, 17 new homes were built at Lantern Close, a new road named after the annual lantern parade in the area.

Festive treats on offer include ice-skating, christmas decoration-making workshops, lantern parades and hot food.

The main event of this day is merrymaking with lantern parades.

There are many opportunities to be involved in the community through such iniatives as the community orchard (repurposed allotments), the urb farm, the annual scarecrow festival and the lantern parade at Christmas(running since 1990).