The 154 schools comprising the Nuwara Eliya Education Zone will be lit up with 5,000 Vesak lanterns. The Venerable Thero stated that the festival will include Buddhist processions, Buddhist devotional ...

The Vesak 2025 celebration will include a diverse array of cultural activities such as seven musical performances, a flag-raising ceremony featuring a 500m² Buddhist flag, and a lantern night festival ...

Here’s how it works. Well, with today marking the final day of Arab-American Heritage Month, I want to talk about why Simon Baz, the Green Lantern Corps’ first Arab-American member ...

As part of Paul Revere’s plan to alert the colonists, the British troops were moving by sea, not land, on the night of April 18, 1775, two lanterns were lit in the steeple of the Old North Church.

The government has officially declared National Vesak Week from May 10 to 16, with this year’s State Vesak Festival to be held in the Nuwara Eliya District. The celebrations will be organized by the ...

Themed “Unity and Inclusivity for Human Dignity: Buddhist Insights for World Peace and Sustainable Development,” Vesak 2025 is scheduled to take place in Ho Chi Minh City from May 6-8. Sri Lankan ...

Colombo, May 2 (Daily Mirror) - The Vesak Poya Day (12) should not be turned into a day of musical shows or carnivals but the day should be spent as a full religious day to make practice-based ...

As we navigate the path to a better future, let us seize the spirit of Vesak. UN Secretary-General António Guterres "Vesak", the Day of the Full Moon in the month of May, is the most sacred day ...

Anyone with a lantern is welcome to walk in the parade; Rytter hosts workshops beforehand where participants can make their own mobile glow. A puppet in a white suit, with a smiley face for a head ...