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Ninja Distracting Large Sky Lantern
Ninja would often act as a magician and create distraction to get away from an enemy. Trust me, if you light a sky lantern all eyes will be upward.
Sky lanterns (天燈) are traditionally lanterns made of oiled rice paper with a bamboo frame that contain a small candle or fuel cell, which is a waxy combustible material. When lit the fuel cell heats the air, creating smoke, and causes the lantern to rise into the air. The Sky Lantern is airborn for approximately 15 minutes, or until the fuel cell is exhausted, then the Sky lantern floats back to the ground. They achieve quite a height and launching them in strong winds is not recommended. Sky lanterns are also known as "Kongming lanterns" because historically their invention is credited to Kongming, also known as Zhūge Liàng (诸葛亮), from the Three Kingdoms period of China's (中国) history. Alternately the name may come from the lantern's resemblance to the hat Kongming is traditionally shown to be wearing. Pingsi (平溪) in the Taipei County (台北縣) of Taiwan (台湾) holds an annual Lantern Festival in which sky lanterns are released.
The people of Northern Thailand also have a variation on a Sky Lantern. These are known as "Khoom Loy". Northern Thai people use Sky Lanterns all year round, for celebrations and other special occasions, one festival in particular is the Loi Kratong festival in which lovers and partners gather on the riverbanks to float flowers and candles, launch Fireworks and release Sky Lanterns together. It is considered good luck to release a Sky Lantern, and many Thai's believe they are symbolic of your problems and worries floating away.
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Ninja Distracting Large Sky Lantern
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