Blur Praise Chinese Lanterns
Chinese Lanterns have step by step but certainly become an intrinsical part of the festival feeling and Glastonbury is surely the ultimate - the big daddy- of all festivals. This year, these magical lanterns made an even more important visual aspect in the Somerset farm, as they featured as part of Blur’s emotional set which finished off the festival on Sunday night. This was the first time that Blur has taken to Glastonbury’s stage since 1998 and it was a euphoric and hitting performance- not least because the sight of sky lanterns floating towards the moody skies created such a breath taking sightThey even inspired one Glasto-poet to write a stanza in respect of them in his verse form For Tomorrow:10 unsteady Chinese lanterns sailedacross the sky like lovers,lovers who had wounded uswhom we had not seen for years.Neither did they escape the attention of the headline act. Damon Albarn from Blur commented that “they are beautiful” adding “It seems like there’s been a really, really positive atmosphere here”, no doubt helped along by the calming, hypnotic Chinese lanterns being launched.So there you have it- Chinese lanterns, wish lanterns, whatever you desire to call them- never fail to motivate, even at Glastonbury.
