Lantern festival takes on added meaning — PHOTOS

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Luvia Williams, 8, of Scottsdale Ariz., near  and her parent  Whitney hole   their lantern for l ...

Luvia Williams, 8, of Scottsdale Ariz., near and her parent Whitney hole their lantern for motorboat astatine the Rise Festival successful the Mojave Desert, Nev, Saturday, Oct. 2, 2021. (Chitose Suzuki / Las Vegas Review-Journal) @chitosephoto

Luvia Williams, 8, of Scottsdale Ariz., near  and her member  Loxly, 11 hole   their lantern fo ...

Luvia Williams, 8, of Scottsdale Ariz., near and her member Loxly, 11 hole their lantern for motorboat astatine the Rise Festival successful the Mojave Desert, Nev, Saturday, Oct. 2, 2021. (Chitose Suzuki / Las Vegas Review-Journal) @chitosephoto

Allexa Garcia, 8, of Los Angeles prepares her lantern for motorboat  astatine  the Rise Festival successful  the Mo ...

Allexa Garcia, 8, of Los Angeles prepares her lantern for motorboat astatine the Rise Festival successful the Mojave Desert, Nev, Saturday, Oct. 2, 2021. (Chitose Suzuki / Las Vegas Review-Journal) @chitosephoto

Guillermo Garcia of Los Angeles , center, releases his lantern astatine  the Rise Festival successful  the Moja ...

Guillermo Garcia of Los Angeles , center, releases his lantern astatine the Rise Festival successful the Mojave Desert, Nev, Saturday, Oct. 2, 2021, arsenic his girl Allexa, 8, right, looks on. (Chitose Suzuki / Las Vegas Review-Journal) @chitosephoto

Whitney Williams of Scottsdale Ariz. releases her lantern astatine  the Rise Festival successful  the Mojave D ...

Whitney Williams of Scottsdale Ariz. releases her lantern astatine the Rise Festival successful the Mojave Desert, Nev, Saturday, Oct. 2, 2021, arsenic his girl Allexa, 8, right, looks on. (Chitose Suzuki / Las Vegas Review-Journal) @chitosephoto

JP Saxe performs astatine  the Rise Festival successful  the Mojave Desert, Nev, Saturday, Oct. 2, 2021. (Chito ...

JP Saxe performs astatine the Rise Festival successful the Mojave Desert, Nev, Saturday, Oct. 2, 2021. (Chitose Suzuki / Las Vegas Review-Journal) @chitosephoto

Allexa Garcia, 8, of Los Angeles writes connected  her lantern astatine  the Rise Festival successful  the Mojave Deser ...

Allexa Garcia, 8, of Los Angeles writes connected her lantern astatine the Rise Festival successful the Mojave Desert, Nev, Saturday, Oct. 2, 2021. (Chitose Suzuki / Las Vegas Review-Journal) @chitosephoto

A pistillate   takes photos astatine  sunset during the Rise Festival successful  the Mojave Desert, Nev, Saturday, Oc ...

A pistillate takes photos astatine sunset during the Rise Festival successful the Mojave Desert, Nev, Saturday, Oct. 2, 2021. (Chitose Suzuki / Las Vegas Review-Journal) @chitosephoto

Participants perceive  euphony  and hold   for motorboat  their lanterns astatine  the Rise Festival successful  the Mojave ...

Participants perceive euphony and hold for motorboat their lanterns astatine the Rise Festival successful the Mojave Desert, Nev, Saturday, Oct. 2, 2021. (Chitose Suzuki / Las Vegas Review-Journal) @chitosephoto

Yumi Yuan, 8, of Los Angles shows her lantern astatine  the Rise Festival successful  the Mojave Desert, Nev, S ...

Yumi Yuan, 8, of Los Angles shows her lantern astatine the Rise Festival successful the Mojave Desert, Nev, Saturday, Oct. 2, 2021. (Chitose Suzuki / Las Vegas Review-Journal) @chitosephoto

Yumi Yuan, 8, of Los Angles, left, and her sister Kimi Yuan, 4, gully  pictures connected  their lantern ...

Yumi Yuan, 8, of Los Angles, left, and her sister Kimi Yuan, 4, gully pictures connected their lantern astatine the Rise Festival successful the Mojave Desert, Nev, Saturday, Oct. 2, 2021. (Chitose Suzuki / Las Vegas Review-Journal) @chitosephoto

Yumi Yuan, 8, of Los Angles, left, and her sister Kimi Yuan, 4, right, gully  pictures connected  their l ...

Yumi Yuan, 8, of Los Angles, left, and her sister Kimi Yuan, 4, right, gully pictures connected their lantern astatine the Rise Festival successful the Mojave Desert, Nev, Saturday, Oct. 2, 2021, arsenic their parent Naomi Yu, center, looks on. (Chitose Suzuki / Las Vegas Review-Journal) @chitosephoto

Tri Phan kisses his fiance Ashley Ngeth, some  from San Diego astatine  the Rise Festival successful  the Mojave ...

Tri Phan kisses his fiance Ashley Ngeth, some from San Diego astatine the Rise Festival successful the Mojave Desert, Nev, Saturday, Oct. 2, 2021. (Chitose Suzuki / Las Vegas Review-Journal) @chitosephoto

Lofting a lit lantern into the nighttime entity on with hundreds of different people, those rising pods of flickering airy — that’s gotta consciousness cathartic, peculiarly aft the past twelvemonth and a half.

Add music, nutrient and the vastness of the Jean adust lake, and it sounds similar a capital-E Experience.

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