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A candlelight vigil is an outdoor assembly of people carrying candles, held after sunset in order to show support for a specific cause.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://candles.lovetoknow.com/How_to_Organize_a_Candlelight_Vigil )〕 Such events are typically held either to protest the suffering of some marginalized group of people, or in memory of a life or lives lost to some disease, disaster, massacre or other tragedy. In the latter case, the event is often called a candlelight memorial. A large candlelight vigil will usually 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.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.dosomething.org/actnow/actionguide/organize-a-candlelight-vigil-your-cause-0 )〕 Vigils may also have a religious or spiritual purpose. 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.〔 ==Gallery== File:22ndCandlelightVigil.NLEOM.WDC.13May2010.jpg|2010 National Police Week 22nd annual candlelight vigil at the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial at Judiciary Square, Washington DC. Image:Kauhajoen koulusurma 28.jpg|Residents and members of the media at a vigil in Kauhajoki, Finland, one day after the September 23, 2008 shooting incident Image:CatholicVigil.jpg|Pro-life candlelight vigil outside a Planned Parenthood location in Boston with rosary and Stations of the Cross Image:Candlelight Vigil for June 4 Massacre 2007 - 006.JPG|Every year since 1990, hundreds of thousands of people attend candlelight vigils on June 4 in Victoria Park, Hong Kong commemorating the victims of Tiananmen Square massacre 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「candlelight vigil」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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