Vesak, religious festival

Vesak is a religious and cultural festival celebrated by Sri Lankan Buddhist people. It is celebrated on the day of the full moon in May. The speciality of this day is the birth, enlightenment and Parinibbana of the Great Teacher, the Supreme Buddha occurred on a day like this. On Vesak day people decorate houses, streets, temples and a lot of places with Vesak lanterns. These lanterns are made out of bamboo sticks and decorated from colourful lightweight papers. Apart from that they use beautiful lights at night to light up the lanterns. Most Buddhist people go to temples on this day to worship Lord Buddha.

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