IS the cauldron a hot-air balloon? Will it just float around there in ... So there was no major stadium where the ceremony ended and where a cauldron could be placed and lit. Instead, a number of ...

Buddhists in Bangladesh celebrate Prabarana Purnima, a religious holiday during which lighted balloons made of thin papers—sometimes referred to as lanterns—are flown in the evening.

They lit a cauldron attached to a hot-air balloon, which then floated into the Paris night. The fire ring is 7 meters in diameter (about 23 feet), and the balloon is 30 meters (about 100 feet ...