The 40th Annual Arcata Lantern Floating Ceremony is scheduled for Saturday, August 5th, 2023. In the morning there will be Lantern Making at the Arcata Farmer’s Market. Then around 7:30pm people will gather at the Arcata Marsh & Wildlife Sanctuary by Klopp Lake at the end of South I Street for the ceremony.
Visitors are encouraged to walk, bike or ride a shuttle van from the parking lot at Samoa and I Streets or the Arcata Marsh Interpretive Center parking lot on South G Street.
This event is an opportunity to offer spiritual consolation for everyone affected by the pandemic, those we miss, departed loved ones, ancestors and all we hold dear. The City of Arcata’s Nuclear Free Zone Committee began this ceremony 40 years ago to commemorate the US atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945 and to affirm our dedication as a community to the cause of peace, to bring awareness to the dangers of nuclear proliferation, and to advocate for environmental sustainability.
Event Schedule:
9am – 1:30pm – Lantern Making at the Arcata Farmer’s Market – Tables will be set up and there will be supplies.
7pm – 7:30pm – People will gather at the Arcata Marsh & Wildlife Sanctuary by Klopp Lake at the end of South I Street.
Rick Kruze will be playing the shakuhachi flute as people arrive.
Humboldt Taiko Drumming
Hula Dancing with Jane Epperson Bloomfield
The McKinleyville Choir will sing.
The Raging Grannies will be singing songs.
Poetry – Daryl Chin
8:40 – Lantern Floating.
This is a free event!
All are invited to attend.
Community groups helping to create these events are:
City of Arcata, Humboldt Buddhist Peace Fellowship, GI Rights Hotline, Shinnyo en, Humboldt Unitarian Universalist Fellowship Social Action Committee, Veterans For Peace, Humboldt Friends Meeting (Quakers), United States Servas & Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom
