Hierarchy classification:

1. top of the aat hierarchies
2. Activities Facet
3. Events (hierarchy name)
4. events (activities)
5. cultural events
6. celebrations
7. festivals (celebrations)

Narrower term/s

• fanals

Anotations

Scope note:

Various African secular festivals incorporating lanterns, held in several regions and areas that had African slaves, particularly Sierra Leone, Senegambia, and the Caribbean nation of Haiti. The festivals are typically held on the occasion of Christian or Islamic holy days, featuring parades and large wooden and paper structures lit from within by candles.