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Huge paper sky lantern released in S China

Updated: 2014-08-19 08:45 (chinadaily.com.cn)
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Huge paper sky lantern released in S China
A 40-meter-diameter paper sky lantern, consisting of 62 small ones in two to four diameters long, rises up in the air with afire firecrackers in Hongling village, Wanquan county in South China's Hainan province on Monday. It is a local ritual ceremony to release the lantern to mark the Chinese Ghost Festival, which fell on Aug 10 in 2014. [Photo/IC]

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