The Wesak decorations

Wesak festival is on every year May.During the wesak festival we celebrate the birth,enlightenment,attend to nibbana (parinirvana)of Lord Buddha.as children it is a very busy month for them.they go to temples to worship Lord Buddha.on the other hand they participate in sil campaigns.during the two days people are very busy.they organize Dhansal.that they freely offer every one foods,flowers from their pure mind.children make wesak lanterns.there are many kind of wesak lanterns.in the shops we can see the ready made wesak lanterns.but children like to build their own lanterns.they make them with the help from their parents or elders.first they get some sticks from bamboo tree.they make some squares,stars using these sticks.they bind them using threads tightly.after they match color papers and decorate them as they wish.some people make bulb veins.they are full of small color bulbs.some are called automatic bulbs.after the power is on the bulbs on and off according to many beautiful patterns.children are very happy to see that.on the other hand people make pandols they are huge bulb structures represents the main incidents of buddha's life or incidents come from the jathaka potha.they are very beautiful to see.there is a short descriptions are also attached to pandols using voice.during these wesak days Buddhist people go to worship Lord Buddha.

Wesak Lantern

the temples also covered with color bulbs.pagodas are very beautiful to see when the bulbs are on.people wear white clothes and go to temples.during the wesak day there are lot of bana deshana and pirith deshanas.when we come outside in those days in Buddhist homes we can see lot of colorful decorations.some trees are covered with bulbs some streets are also fully covered with decorated bulbs.some people hange on trees color buckets.buckets are also simple structures and they are covered with color oil papers.when they lightened up with a bulb we can see the color of the oil paper very brightly.

Decorations at night

most people go on trips to many temples so roads are very busy.some people go pilgrimages.in village elder people get together and discuss where they want to go on next wesak day.they also discuss the what are the important places that they want to see.they hire a bus or van and they go to worship the places as a team.in this month shops are full of wesak decorations.small children are very happy to see them.they always try to make some wesak decorations and put them in their home at night.they use colorful bulbs.during these days night is not dark every where every thing is gleaming with beautiful wesak decorations.in these days it is very nice to walk along the roads.we can see the light of full moon and the cool breeze going with the smell of fragrant sticks.there are in different types of good smells.children enjoy these days through the night.they get toys and eat food from the shops.wesak day decorations are very important part of children's life.