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Shuswap River lights up

Crowd fills Enderby’s Belvedere Park as families launch their lanterns down stream for lantern festival
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Nearly 200 brightly coloured paper lanterns dotted the spectacular Shuswap River this weekend as dozens of families and individuals made their way to Belvidere Park in Enderby to kick off the annual Floating Lantern Festival Sunday evening.

Initiated 13 years ago by Runaway Moon theatre’s artistic director Cathy Stubbington, the annual spectacle is held in conjunction with B.C. Rivers Day, Sunday.

A special river clean up took place earlier in the day.

Organizers say the festival is often on the last day of September as a way to honour the Shuswap River and celebrate its beauty.

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