Skylanterns Ltd

We were the first to introduce Sky Lanterns to the world outside of Asia. Working together with our distributors, manufacturers and most importantly listening to feedback from our customers we are now on our 7th generation Sky Lantern.

All of our products and suppliers are sourced ethically; in fact we are the first company to operate a fair trade agreement with our manufacturers.

The quality of our Sky Lanterns is synonymous of what you would expect from nearly a decade of product innovation.

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Once released, our Sky Lanterns can cover many miles soaring up to 1500ft.

Our lanterns are supplied individually wrapped and with their pioneering, ready attached fuel cells they are ready to use in seconds.

History

The History Of Khoom Fay (Sky Lanterns) Launching Sky Lanterns is one of the most renowned folk activities, during the traditional Chinese Lantern Festival in Taiwan.

Sky Lanterns date back hundreds of years, when armies employed them as signalling devices and later were adopted by common folk, who used them to convey their wishes to heaven.

The locals believe floating candles (Sky Lanterns) offer poignancy and tranquility and the strings of breathtaking stars bring back all your ancestral spirits.

Many people celebrate the annual Yipeng Lantern Festival. Yipeng means the full moon of the twelfth lunar month in the Buddhist Calendar or the second lunar in Asia.

Others may also celebrate this festival as a tribute to chulam anee stupa in the heavens. Locals believe that the launching of Khoom Loy, or floating lanterns into the sky would rid them of all their troubles. Moreover, if the lanterns are offered to monks, they will receive wisdom in return as the flame in the lantern is said to symbolize knowledge and the light will guide them to the right path of their lives.

If these lanna style balloons, which are made with mulberry paper and bamboo frame rise high and reveal far, it indicates prosperity. It is thought they could rise as high as 1.250 metres, and to travel vast distances.

The local folk in Asia believe that as the Sky Lantern rise, it takes away their troubles and brings good luck in the future.

Skylanterns UK sky lanterns provides floating sky lanterns in Essex and throughout the UK. You can also buy heart lanterns online by visiting our website.