Celebrating the Festival of Lights in the wilderness whilst practicing sustainability
The Festival of Lights, known as the festival of ‘Vesak’ locally is the biggest festival celebrated by Buddhists. The festival commemorates the birth, enlightenment and the passing away of Lord Buddha which is believed to have happened on the same day of the full moon during the month of May. Vesak is celebrated annually during the full moon in the month of May even to date by lighting lanterns and oil lamps.
Due to the prevailing situation in the country, our teams had to get creative to celebrate the much loved and anticipated religious holiday. So our remaining staff across our campsites celebrated Vesak by creating lanterns which were made sustainably, using materials which could be recycled after use.