Legacy Lantern Ceremony FREE Community Event
10 May 2025 : 4:30 PM - 10 May 2025 : 6:30 PM
Join us for a special moment of remembrance as we invite you to light a lantern in honor of your loved ones and release it onto the lake.
Please bring your own chair or picnic rug to make yourself comfortable. As the event will conclude after dark, remember to bring sufficient lighting to ensure a safe exit.
This event is open to residents, workers, and volunteers of the City of Kalamunda. Please note that parking at Stirk Park is limited, so we encourage you to use alternative parking options in the Kalamunda shopping precinct.
Kalamunda Compassionate Communities and the City of Kalamunda aims to create an accessible, welcoming space to connect to your loved ones and to each other. The City of Kalamunda welcomes all abilities and champions inclusion. Please call Ruth 9257 9958
Bookings essential via: www.trybooking.com/CZIGA
As participants arrive from 4:30pm individual attendees and families will each receive their own lantern and be invited to take the time to write a personal message of remembrance while enjoying the sounds of a live harpist. After the official opening, including an address from the Mayor and a Smoking Ceremony, there will be a facilitated grounding, mindfulness and reflective exercise.
After lighting a candle and placing it inside your lantern, as a collective, we will then spread out around the edge of the lake you will gently release your lantern to float on the lake.
This will happen around sundown, approximately 5:40pm. Participants are welcome to reflect and watch their lanterns for as long as they wish, or network with local services and volunteers until they wish to leave. The event will officially conclude by 6:30pm.
The legacy lantern event is open to all people who wish to grieve loss and celebrate life. Some may wish to keep to themselves, others connect or meet with services in attendance like Ambulance Wish WA. The content will not be delivered from a religious context, all participants from all cultures and beliefs are welcome to participate in their own way. Please be respectful of other attendees and participate how you feel comfortable.
This event may evoke some strong emotions and participants will be introduced to three chaplains attending the event to provide support if needed at any time.
Venue
Elizabeth St, Kalamunda,
Kalamunda,
Australia,
Western Australia
Stirk Park
Contact
Ruth
0892579958
socialinclusion@kalamunda.wa.gov.au
https://www.kalamunda.wa.gov.au/