A Melbourne winter night was lit up this week by a vibrant multicultural lantern festival now in its second year.
The second ever ‘Luminous Festival’ took to the streets around the Queen Victoria Market and the Melbourne Multicultural Hub on the northern edge of the CBD.
Around 400 people from more than 30 migrant and refugee communities came together to celebrate Melbourne’s incredible diversity of cultures, heritages and histories.
The parade saw drummers and musicians lead lantern holding community members around the market precinct.
Organised by migrant and refugee settlement agency AMES Australia in partnership with the City of Melbourne, the parade is aimed at bringing communities together to celebrate diversity and forge connections between communities.
Ahead of the parade, over the past few weeks, lantern making workshops have been held at the multicultural hub bringing together dozens of people from more than 30 communities. The lantern makers have forged fri