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02-23-2016, 12:29 PM
The hidden dangers of those magical sky lantern festivals
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On Monday, millions of sky lanterns were floated into the air across East Asia. In countries like China, Taiwan and Hong Kong, the practice is carried out annually on the last day of Chinese New Year, where people make wishes by scribbling them on the paper lanterns before launching them.
Gorgeous as the lights are, the tradition has been criticised by netizens, who say it's the cause of hundreds of fires across cities and countryside farms in China.
SEE ALSO: Robin Williams lives on in soaring lantern festival video (http://mashable.com/2015/04/28/robin-williams-lantern-festival-voiceover/)
Remember the famous lantern scene in Disney's Tangled? That's what it looks like during this centuries-old practice. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/02/23/sky-lantern-fire/)
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On Monday, millions of sky lanterns were floated into the air across East Asia. In countries like China, Taiwan and Hong Kong, the practice is carried out annually on the last day of Chinese New Year, where people make wishes by scribbling them on the paper lanterns before launching them.
Gorgeous as the lights are, the tradition has been criticised by netizens, who say it's the cause of hundreds of fires across cities and countryside farms in China.
SEE ALSO: Robin Williams lives on in soaring lantern festival video (http://mashable.com/2015/04/28/robin-williams-lantern-festival-voiceover/)
Remember the famous lantern scene in Disney's Tangled? That's what it looks like during this centuries-old practice. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/02/23/sky-lantern-fire/)
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