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Send your love sky wards this Valentines Evening with a heart shaped Sky Lantern.
Sky Lanterns date back hundreds of years, when armies employed them as signalling devices and later were adopted by common folk, who used them to convey their wishes to heaven. Sky lanterns are most popular with the traditional Chinese Lantern Festival in Taiwan.
Sky Lanterns are constructed from oiled rice paper on a bamboo frame, and contain a small candle or fuel cell composed of a waxy flammable material. When lit, the flame heats the air inside the lantern. Of course hot air rises which causes the lantern to rise into the air. The sky lantern is only airborne for as long as the flame stays alight, after which the lantern floats back to the ground.
Most Sky Lanterns feature flame-retardant paper and are made with 100% Biodegradable materials, which is nice to know.
So what could be nicer this Valentines night than getting wrapped up warm in a layer of nice woolly jumpers and scarves and going to a nice big open space to release your Lanterns and send you love and wishes sky wards?
Before lighting your lantern you could write your valentine a message on the site of the lantern, or made write a wish of how you would like your relationship to progress. You could even propose Marriage on the side of your Lantern!
It will probably take both of you to release a sky lantern. One of you can hold it upright whilst the other one lights the wick.
It is nice to light a pair of Sky Lanterns together; one looks a bit lonesome all on its own. And it gives you both the opportunity to send the lantern off with a romantic wish.
Safety Tips for Sky Lanterns
Make sure that you familiarise yourself fully with the instructions provided.
Ensure that the wind is not stronger than 5 mph.
Ensure that trees are not in the flight path.
Must be released more than 5 miles away from any airports.
Do not use around dry crops.
Wear sensible clothing that is does not dangle around your hands or flap around any flame.
Do be responsible when using Sky Lanterns, and please remember that they do have to land somewhere. They are Biodegradable, but they may land in private properties, Farms and may harm animals.
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