Floating Lantern Ceremony held at Hokuala

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Hokuala Resort Operations Manager Carrie Bligh gets a photo of the lead boat and raft being towed by Alan Kahaunaele on a kayak, Sunday during the resort’s inaugural floating lantern ceremony at the lagoons fronting the Mailula Residences.

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The luminaria aboard the lead boat and its raft of toro, or paper lanterns, come alive Sunday as twilight blankets the lagoons fronting the Mailula Residences at Timbers Kaua‘i.

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Bishop Kosen Ishikawa of the Hawai‘i Jodo Shu, and Kalani Flores host a short remembrance ceremony as Alan Kahaunaele pauses the toro in the lagoons fronting the Mailula Residences at the Hokuala Resort.

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David Nagao and Alan Kahaunaele secure the lead boat that contains a toro display remembering the victims of the recent Texas shooting where 19 students and two teachers perished.

NAWILIWILI — Based on the toro nagashi, or floating lanterns, the Timbers Kaua‘i Hokuala Resort launched its inaugural floating lanterns, Sunday in the lagoons fronting the Mailula Residences at the Hokuala Resort.

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