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The Candle Festival (known in Thai as Haetian) is held in Ubon Ratchathani, Isan, Thailand.

At the start of rainy season, it is traditional for the devout to donate to monks items of personal use, such as candles. This part of the festival became the core of the Ubon Ratchathani version of the event. It is now a major event both for residents and for tourists: giant candles are paraded through the town, each representing a local temple, district or other institution. The more elaborate versions are accompanied by scenes of Hindu and Buddhist mythology sculpted in wood or plaster and coated with wax.

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  • Ambrogio Lorenzetti - Presentazione di Gesù al tempio - Google Art Project

    Presentation at the Temple by Ambrogio Lorenzetti, 1342 (Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence)

  • Sretenie

    Meeting of the Lord, Russian Orthodox icon, 15th century

  • The Candlemas day 1731

    Meeting of the Lord, Orthodox icon from Belarus (1731)

  • Presentation of Christ in the Temple, Benozzo Gozzoli, 1460-1461 (Philadelphia Museum of Art)

    Presentation of Christ in the Temple, Benozzo Gozzoli, 1460-1461 (Philadelphia Museum of Art)

  • 0946 Das Fest Mariä Lichtmeß am 2. Februar in Sanok

    Candles on Candlemas Day, Sanok 2013

  • 2017Candlemas

    Blessing of the Candles at Candlemas at Calvary Episcopal Church (Rochester, Minnesota)

  • Andriolli Gromniczna

    Candlemas Day in the Carpathian region

  • Presentation at the Temple (Georgia, 12th c.)

    Presentation of Jesus at the Temple, 12th century cloisonné enamel icon from Georgia

  • Presentation of Christ in the Temple

    Presentation of Christ in the Temple, from the Sherbrooke Missal

  • Brooklyn Museum - The Presentation of Jesus in the Temple (La présentation de Jésus au Temple) - James Tissot - overall

    James Tissot, The Presentation of Jesus in the Temple (La présentation de Jésus au Temple), Brooklyn Museum

  • Presentation at the Temple St.Michael Toronto

    Stained glass window at St. Michael's Cathedral (Toronto) depicts Infant Jesus at the Temple

  • Menologion of Basil 037

    Painting from the Menologion of Basil II (c. 1000 AD)

  • Presentation South German Late 15th Century

    Presentation of Christ in the Temple, South German, likely altarpiece wing, late 15th century. (Private collection)

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