luminaria
Paper bag light
Luminaria is a small lantern made by placing a candle inside a paper bag weighted with sand.
The bags line walkways and rooftops, especially in the American Southwest during Christmas celebrations: The neighborhood glowed with hundreds of luminarias on Christmas Eve.
The tradition has Spanish colonial roots.
Plural: luminarias or luminaria.
Disposable carrying container
- candleWax stick with wick
- sandFine rock particles
- votiveOffered in devotion
- flameBurning gas made visible
flicker · glow · handmade · weighted · reusable · electric · LED · folded
North American southern nation
- SouthwestArid American expanse
- puebloCommunal adobe village
- heritageInherited cultural legacy
- ancestralOf one's forebears
custom · adobe · altar · advent · Hispanic · Latino · Albuquerque · tradition
Winter nativity celebration
- fiestaFestive public celebration
- celebrationFestive event marking occasion
- holidayDay of rest
- processionFormal moving line
decoration · ambiance · revelry · cheerful · warmth · pathway · walkway · nightfall
Purposeful nighttime wakefulness
- remembranceAct of holding something in mind
- memorialThing preserving remembrance
- tributeOffering of respect
- honoringRecognizing with respect
survivors · healing · hope · solidarity · compassion · relay · cancer · awareness
paper-bag
Disposable carrying container
flame · flicker · glow · handmade · weighted · reusable · electric · LED · folded · sleeve
Mexico
North American southern nation
ancestral · custom · adobe · altar · advent · Hispanic · Latino · Albuquerque · tradition · pilgrimage
Christmas
Winter nativity celebration
- fiestaFestive public celebration
- celebrationFestive event marking occasion
- holidayDay of rest
procession · decoration · ambiance · revelry · cheerful · warmth · pathway · walkway · nightfall · glow
vigil
Purposeful nighttime wakefulness
- remembranceAct of holding something in mind
- memorialThing preserving remembrance
- tributeOffering of respect
honoring · survivors · healing · hope · solidarity · compassion · relay · cancer · awareness · survivorship
glow
Steady, soft light
gleam · twinkle · ambient · nightfall · lined · glowing · row · candlelit · golden · halo
- light sourcesflashlight, lamp, candle, sunlight, moonlight
- decorationsornament, ornaments, embellishment, trim, wreaths
- Light Festivalslanterns, Diwali, Hanukkah, lantern festival, light shows
- outdoor lightingporch light, path light, garden light, security light, floodlight
- light displayslight shows, light show, laser show, laser shows, firework display
- historical lightingcandles, lamps, lanterns, gaslight, candlelight
luminariaelectric lights
Current-powered illumination fixtures
string lights · halogen lamp · neon lights · neon sign · fluorescent lights