Feast of Lanterns
Buddhist holiday
Also known as: Buddha’s birthday
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Buddhist festivals
- In Buddhism: Anniversaries
…events of the Buddha’s life—his birth, enlightenment, and entrance into final nirvana (parinibbana)—are commemorated in all Buddhist countries but not everywhere on the same day. In Theravada countries the three events are all observed together on Vesak (also spelled Wesak), the full moon day of the sixth lunar month (Vesakha),…
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Korean performing arts
- In Korean performing arts: Koryŏ period
…were Buddha’s birthday, or the Feast of Lanterns, in the second lunar month, and the midwinter ceremony honouring spirits of local gods. Dances and masked plays from Silla times were carefully preserved and performed on these occasions in a specially decorated and candlelit ceremonial room. New masked plays memorializing loyal…
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