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    A paper lantern is a lantern made of thin, brightly colored paper. Paper lanterns come in various shapes and sizes, as well as various methods of construction...
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    Look up lantern in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A lantern is an often portable source of lighting, typically featuring a protective enclosure for...
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    significance. During the Lantern Festival, children go out at night carrying paper lanterns and solve riddles on the lanterns (traditional Chinese: 猜燈謎;...
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    orange to red papery calyx covering over its fruit, which resembles paper lanterns. It is a perennial herbaceous plant growing to 40–60 cm (16–24 in) tall...
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    孔明灯), or Chinese lantern, is a small balloon made of paper, with an opening at the bottom where a small fire is suspended. Sky lanterns have been made for...
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  • Chinese lantern may refer to: A collapsible paper lantern or sky lantern in bright colours, primarily red but also other colours, used for decorative purposes...
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    waters. Red paper lantern jellyfish is a common name for this animal because of its mantle that can crumple up or expand like a paper lantern. Another reason...
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    Gifu lanterns (岐阜提灯, Gifu Chōchin), or Gifu paper lanterns, are a special product of the city of Gifu in Gifu Prefecture, Japan. They have been labeled...
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    Chōchin'obake (提灯お化け, 'paper lantern ghost') or chōchin-obake is a Japanese yōkai of chōchin (a type of lantern), "[the] lantern-spook (chochinobake) ...
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    Club Press. p. 109. Gifu Paper Lanterns. Japan National Tourist Organization. Accessed April 30, 2008. Japanese Gardening, Lanterns. Accessed on February...
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    The magic lantern, also known by its Latin name lanterna magica, was an early type of image projector that used pictures—paintings, prints, or photographs—on...
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    commonly used. “Andon” is a loanword from Japanese, originally meaning paper lantern; Japanese manufacturers began its quality-control usage. An andon system...
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    Japan, designed to reflect the cultural heritage of Japanese paper lanterns. The glazed lantern was developed during the Middle Ages, one notable medieval...
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    is a ceremony in which participants float paper lanterns down a river; tōrō is the Japanese word for "lantern," while nagashi means "cruise" or "flow."...
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    commonly refers to a specific type of simple paper lantern made by placing a votive candle in some sand inside a paper bag. Also known as a farolito, it is a...
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    The Giant Lantern Festival (Kapampangan: Ligligan Parul) is an annual festival held in mid-December in the City of San Fernando in the Philippines. The...
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    can be folded from paper, and is named after mathematician Hermann Schwarz and for its resemblance to a cylindrical paper lantern. It is also known as...
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    as variety arts. The Chinese paper lantern (紙燈籠, 纸灯笼) is a lantern made of thin, brightly colored paper. Paper lanterns come in various shapes and sizes...
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    Fine Arts degree from New York University. In 2010, Oliver co-founded Paper Lantern Lit, a literary “incubator”/ development company now called Glasstown...
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  • 39/Smooth L.P. and 1,000 Hours E.P. were also available on Lookout. "Paper Lanterns" was a popular Green Day song and a live staple for many years and was...
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    A jack-o'-lantern (or jack o'lantern) is a carved lantern, most commonly made from a pumpkin, or formerly a root vegetable such as a mangelwurzel, rutabaga...
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  • newspaper was established entitled Normal News Weekly. The school newspaper Paper Lantern (Normal News Weekly was renamed after the addition of the junior college)...
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    pone.0188601. PMC 5744923. PMID 29281657. Osborn, K. J. (2014). "Red Paper Lantern Jellyfish". Smithsonian. Retrieved 13 October 2018. Daley, Jason (1...
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    lantern) is a Filipino ornamental lantern displayed during the Christmas season. Parols are traditionally constructed using bamboo and Japanese paper...
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  • as isu (椅子, chair), futon (布団, mattress), and andon (行灯, a kind of paper lantern). The go-on, kan-on, and tō-on readings are generally cognate (with...
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    with staying out of direct light, and even covers a light bulb with a paper lantern. She is desperate for attention and has a history of sexual promiscuity...
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  • Originals and also wrote for The Flash. She wrote a young adult novel for Paper Lantern Lit, a literary development company, called Eternal Night, about gods...
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    Izakaya are sometimes called akachōchin ('red lantern') in daily conversation, as such paper lanterns are traditionally found in front of them. Anecdotes...
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    Chitauli (Zulu) – Human-lizard hybrid Chōchin'obake (Japanese) – Animated paper lantern Chol (Biblical mythology) – Regenerative bird Chollima (Korean) – Supernaturally...
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    where there was no presence of fire, mysterious flames like those of a paper lantern or a torch would appear in a line and flicker in and out, with fires...
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