The Lumière Festival, in Ottawa, Canada's capital, is a chance to celebrate the magic and beauty of light!

The Lumière Festival is a well planned and safe lantern festival, based on similar festivals throughout the world and designed so that the region can be creative and come together for a night of calm and enjoyment. Whether you are on your own or with your family, a teen or a senior, this Festival will AMAZE you, mostly because of the imaginative lanterns you, your friends and neighbours have created from some tissue paper and bamboo. Children are delighted to be part of the magic, fairy wings bumping behind them as they proudly carry their very own jam jar lantern.

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