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Lantern ceremony preparations underway

Volunteers pack 6,000 bags with floating lanterns to be distributed at the Shinnyo Lantern Floating Hawaii event which will be held on Memorial Day.

By Cindy Ellen Russell

May 18, 2024

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Volunteers pack 6,000 bags with floating lanterns to be distributed at the Shinnyo Lantern Floating Hawaii event which will be held on Memorial Day.
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Lantern bases are stacked to be sorted into individual tote bags. These bags will be distributed on a first-come, first-served basis at the lantern request tent at Ala Moana Beach on May 27 starting at 10 a.m.
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Foam boards which the lanterns are set upon to float.
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James Tokihiro and Albert Shima place the bags into tubs
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Volunteers pack 6,000 bags with floating lanterns to be distributed at the Shinnyo Lantern Floating Hawaii event which will be held on Memorial Day.
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