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Feast of Lanterns

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noun

  1. Hinduism another name for Diwali

  2. Also called: Festival of LanternsJapanese Buddhism another name for Bon 1

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Under pressure from residents throughout the Monterey Bay area who spoke out at public hearings, organizers in February canceled the Feast of Lanterns.

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The Feast of Lanterns is no more.

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Some coalition members are beginning to process the complex emotions that the Feast of Lanterns and the nation’s current racial upheaval have dredged up within them.

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Coleman, who is white and a member of the coalition, resigned in 2020 as president of the Feast of Lanterns organizing board, a private entity.

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After years of advocacy, Monterey Bay’s Asian community members see an end to the Feast of Lanterns, which used dated stereotypes and appropriated Chinese culture.

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