Honolulu (KHON2) – The Shinnyo Lantern Floating Hawaii event returns this year on Memorial Day for its 25th anniversary. Shinnyo Lantern Floating Hawaii celebrating its 25th anniversary and will return to Ala Moana Beach on Memorial Day, which will include a taiko and hula performance, Sharing of Light where community leaders light the guiding lanterns, a blessing […]
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News that the Shinnyo lantern floating ceremony will return as an in-person event this Memorial Day, May 29 (“Shinnyo Lantern Floating Hawaii to return as in-person event,” Star- Advertiser, Top News, March 28), prompts me to suggest that holding this ceremony on our country’s traditional Memorial Day may detract from the original reason for our national holiday.
For the first time since 2019, the Memorial Day tradition that usually draws thousands to the shores of Ala Moana Beach Park is set to return as an in-person event this year.