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Kobe Luminarie : ウィキペディア英語版 | Kobe Luminarie
is a light festival held in Kobe, Japan, every December since 1995 to commemorate the Great Hanshin earthquake of that year.〔(Official Site ) (Japanese)〕 The lights were donated by the Italian Government and the installation itself is produced by Valerio Festi〔(Studio Festi Installations )〕 and Hirokazu Imaoka.〔http://www.kicc.jp/ajisai/ajisai118.pdf〕 Over 200,000 〔("Going Global" ), ''The Gold Coast Bulletin'', 2012, December 22. Retrieved on 22 February 2013.〕 individually hand painted 〔("Japan's Most Famous Festival of Lights" ), ''My Modern Met'', 2012, November 7. Retrieved on 22 February 2013.〕 lights are lit each year with electricity generated from biomass in order to stay environmentally friendly.〔 Lights are kept up for about two weeks and turned on for a few hours each evening. Major streets in the vicinity are closed to auto traffic during these hours to allow pedestrians to fill the streets and enjoy the lights. It is viewed by about three to five million people each year.〔(Kobe Luminarie 2012 )〕 == Symbolization == When the Great Hanshin Earthquake struck Kobe on January 17, 1995, it left more than 6,000 dead and caused $100 billon in damages.〔Gates, C. ("Leading lights" ), ''The Press'', 2011, April 29. Retrieved on 22 February 2013.〕 Since many had to live in darkness due to supply cuts in electricity, gas, and water, the idea of putting up lights acted as a symbol of hope, recovery, and renovation.〔〔 Though it was only supposed to take place once, strong popularity and demand from citizens encouraged the continuation of luminarie to become an annual event.〔 Silent prayers to victims of the earthquake takes place in the opening ceremony, and a memorial naming those who were killed is posted during the night.〔
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