Ottawa Lumière Festival

Ottawa Lumière Festival

The official web site is www.lumiereottawa.com
The Festival of Light is for people to come together for a night of enjoyment. Whether you are a child, teen or a senior, this Festival will AMAZE you, mostly because of the imaginative lanterns that have created from some tissue paper and bamboo. Children are delighted to be part of the magic as they proudly carry their very own lantern. Stanley Park becomes a magical ocean of light with professional musical, theatrical and dance performances. If you only visit one festival I would suggest this one over all the others.
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Festival booth offers lamp making kits as well as completed lanterns	Many artists perform at the festival	Lanterns ready to be lit
Wizards and Fairies are always expected and warmly welcomed	A face painting artist concentrates on her subject	The start of perhaps a Butterfly?
Tree spirits are also likely to be spotted	Dragon dancers mark the start of the parade	One of many lanterns found around Staney park
A Caterpillar lantern!	A swan lantern that will probably be seen swimming along the Rideau River	The view from Stanley Park across the Rideau River
Above: A large lantern Right: This lantern was spotted while walking the grounds		600 candle lanterns are arranged in an ancient labyrinth pattern known as the Seven Circuit Labyrinth. The pattern is more than 4000 years old and dates back to Crete.
Even the playground sand gets a light make-over	These lanterns are released onto the Rideau River	A few lanterns along the waters edge
Mr. Caterpillar after dusk	A rough sample of what the park looks like after dusk	The lanterns we saw at the start now lighted
Some Star lanterns	A few more Star lanterns