On Memorial Day, May 28, more than 40,000 people are expected to participate in Shinnyo-en Hawaii’s 14th annual Lantern Floating Hawaii ceremony at Magic Island.

The 90-minute program will begin at 6 p.m. with entertainment. At 7 p.m. Shinso Ito, head of the Shinnyo-en sect, will speak.

Participants may write remembrances to deceased loved ones or prayers for peace that will be placed on candle-lit lanterns and set adrift in the ocean.

The Lantern Request tent will open at 10 a.m. May 28 for writing a message on a collective remembrance lantern. Individual lanterns will be available for free at the tent starting at 1 p.m. Messages also can be submitted by Monday at www.lanternfloatinghawaii.com.

See the website for details or visit www.facebook.com/lanternfloatinghawaii.