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The Shinnyo Lantern Floating Hawaiʻi Ceremony

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©Shinnyo-en

Lighting Company

OnStage Hawaii

Venue

Ala Moana Beach

Honolulu, HI

 

Production Team

  • Creative Director: Kathy Muneno
  • Broadcast Director: Keliʻi Grace
  • Production Designer: Hideaki Tsutsui
  • Assistant Production Designer: Marissa Diaz
  • Production Manager: Kenji Stevens
  • Production Electrician: Joe Freeman
  • Lighting Programmer: Steve Fisher
  • Director of Staging: Kourtney Kanno
  • Hawaii Stage Technical Director: Gordon Svec
  • Hawaii Stage Head Carpenter: Michael Martin
  • NEP Broadcast Services Technical Manager: Dave Golz
  • Video Engineer/V1: Joey Lopez

 

Vendor

  • Lighting: OnStage Hawaii

 

Gear

Lighting

  • 12 Chauvet Maverick Storm 2 BeamWash
  • 12 Chauvet Ovation
  • 25 GLP impression X4 Bar
  • 24 GLP impression X5 Bar
  • 18 Martin MAC Viper
  • 25 Vari-Lite VL3600 Profile IP
  • 2 Lycian M2 Followspot
  • 2 grandMA3 Lighting Console

 

Event Details

Shinnyo Lantern Floating Hawaiʻi is an annual ceremony at Ala Moana Beach in Honolulu, that’s a deeply significant Buddhist tradition. Candle-lit lanterns are floated in the water, each one representing a profound sense of gratitude and a heartfelt prayer unique to everyone who participates. The hour-long ceremony, broadcast live across the Hawaiian Islands and Japan on Memorial Day, was produced by Shinnyo-en, an international Buddhist community. Designer Hideaki Tsutsui, who handled the production and lighting design, has been working on this ceremony since 2007.