luminaria

The green Luminaria sounds like a music box and moves slowly.

The luminaria is placed at the entrance to the home or in the middle of a courtyard.

These images would then appear in that evening's presentation of LuminAria.

Each luminaria is a paper bag with an inch or so of sand in the bottom to hold a squat candle.

A slightly different version suggests that luminaria were intended to brighten the way for the Magi.

There is general agreement that the farolito is a substitute for the luminaria.

Traditionalists insist that the usage of luminaria to mean a paper lantern is incorrect.

These paper lanterns have to some extent replaced the older tradition of the vigil fire luminaria with which they became confused.

In Spanish, the word farolito translates as "little lantern", while luminaria means "festival light".

A Luminaria Ceremony, usually with a candlelight vigil to honor those who lost their lives to cancer.

The luminaria is widely used in Santa Fe, New Mexico.

In traditional Pueblo villages, where the entrances to homes are rooftops, the luminaria may be placed on a rooftop.

There are four Luminaria.

The luminaria typically is not closely attended, but is expected to be seen and admired by passers by.

Since 1985, residents have lit luminaria before Christmas when firemen have distributed candy to children from a firetruck, on every street.

The Luminaria Ceremony is targeted toward "Remember."

Jean White, another Locust Avenue luminaria veteran, said she thought it was "nice" too, but then she went a bit further.

A Neighborhood All Aglow For the last 15 years, my neighborhood has had a luminaria tradition.

Yet with a little help, it makes a yearly sacred promenade, the Luminaria di Santa Croce.

Luminaria: A cheerful, blonde light-talent fairy.

Luminaria (vigil fire)

The museum is in a 39,000-square-foot former food market, sheathed in Mexican pink panels and punched tin with pinpoint light holes recalling a giant luminaria.

These bags are often placed around the track and candles inside the bags are lit before the start of the Luminaria Ceremony.

Thus, on the first night there is a single luminaria, and on the ninth night there are nine, all in a line leading to the gate.

(Their other joint venture - Post Luminaria, along First Avenue at 23rd Street - is to be completed by summer).