The annual event celebrates the Winter Solstice and sees 2,000 parade participants brandishing handmade lanterns with a dozen local bands, dancers and artists.
Thousands lined the streets to get a glimpse of the display which culminated in a big bonfire and fireworks display on the beach.
The festival, which is organised by community-led arts organisation Same Sky, celebrated its 30th event this year with the official theme of “Voyager”.
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Inspired by the 1977 launch of the Voyager space probe, organisers said the theme aimed to highlight the city’s “welcoming embrace” to displaced people.
Artistic director John Varah said: “This year’s theme was inspired by the 1977 Voyager probe launch and Carl Sagan’s eloquent passage from the Pale Blue Dot, whose relevance continues to grow each year.
“We forget our core humanity when caught up in the hurly-burly of needless conflict and want, when we’re weary with disasters of the past year. It is only when we reflect on the indifference of the universe and our smallness are we reminded that we are passengers on a spaceship earth, voyagers in time and space, and maybe not much else.”
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