A candlelight vigil or candlelit vigil or candlelight service is an outdoor assembly of people carrying candles, held after sunset in order to pray, show support for a specific cause, or remember the dead, in which case, the event is often called a candlelight memorial. [1]
Such events may be held to protest the suffering of some marginalized group of people. A large candlelight vigil may have invited speakers with a public address system and may be covered by local or national media. Speakers give their speech at the beginning of the vigil to explain why they are holding a vigil and what it represents. [2] Vigils may also have a religious purpose that contains prayer and fasting. [1] On Christmas Eve many churches hold a candlelight vigil.
Candlelight vigils are seen as a nonviolent way to raise awareness of a cause and to motivate change, as well as uniting and supporting those attending the vigil. [3]
The examples and perspective in this section deal primarily with South Korea and do not represent a
worldwide view of the subject. (September 2019) |
In South Korea, the Candlelight vigils, [4] or Candlelight protests [5] is a symbolic collective gathering of political dissent in South Korea to combat injustice peacefully. [6] This method of protesting began in 2002 as a result of the Yangju highway incident, [7] was utilized in the rallies against the impeachment of Roh Moo-hyun in 2004, re-used again in the 2008 U.S. beef protests, and emerged in the 2016-18 President Park Geun-hye protests. [8]
In the multiplayer video game EVE Online, players hold "Cyno Vigils" in remembrance of players who have died. [9]
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