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A candlelight vigil is an outdoor assembly
Popular assembly

A popular assembly is a localized citizen gathering to address issues of importance to the community.These assemblies can work with other forms of government, but the term is often used in contrast to political processes that use less Direct democracy , such as a National assembly and other Representative democracy ....
 of people carrying candle
Candle

A candle is a source of light, and sometimes a source of heat, consisting of a solid block of fuel and an embedded candle wick.Today, most candles are made from paraffin....
s, held after sunset
Sunset

File:Sunset 2007-1.jpgSunset is the daily disappearance of the sun below the horizon as a result of the Earth's rotation. The atmospheric conditions created by the setting of the sun are also commonly referred to as "a sunset"....
. Such events are typically held either to protest at the suffering of some marginalized group of people, or in memory of 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
News media

The news media refers to the section of the mass media that focuses on presenting current news to the public.These include print media ; broadcast media , and increasingly Internet-based mass media ....
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A candlelight vigil is an outdoor assembly
Popular assembly

A popular assembly is a localized citizen gathering to address issues of importance to the community.These assemblies can work with other forms of government, but the term is often used in contrast to political processes that use less Direct democracy , such as a National assembly and other Representative democracy ....
 of people carrying candle
Candle

A candle is a source of light, and sometimes a source of heat, consisting of a solid block of fuel and an embedded candle wick.Today, most candles are made from paraffin....
s, held after sunset
Sunset

File:Sunset 2007-1.jpgSunset is the daily disappearance of the sun below the horizon as a result of the Earth's rotation. The atmospheric conditions created by the setting of the sun are also commonly referred to as "a sunset"....
. Such events are typically held either to protest at the suffering of some marginalized group of people, or in memory of 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
News media

The news media refers to the section of the mass media that focuses on presenting current news to the public.These include print media ; broadcast media , and increasingly Internet-based mass media ....
. Such vigil
Vigil

A vigil is a period of purposeful sleeplessness, an occasion for devotional watching, or an observance.It can also be the eve of a Religious festival#Christian religious festivals observed by staying awake as a devotional exercise or ritual devotions observed on the eve of a holy day , such as the Easter Vigil held on Holy Saturday....
s may also have a religious or spiritual purpose. At Christmas Eve
Christmas Eve

Christmas Eve, December 24, is the night before Christmas Day, which celebrates the birth of Jesus Christ ....
 many churches will hold a candlelight vigil.

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Image:Kauhajoen koulusurma 28.jpg|Residents and members of the media gathered around the vigil in Kauhajoki
Kauhajoki

Kauhajoki is a List of cities and towns in Finland and municipalities of Finland of Finland. The city is unilingually Finnish language.It is located in the provinces of Finland of Western Finland and is part of the Southern Ostrobothnia regions of Finland....
, Finland
Finland

Finland , officially the Republic of Finland , is a Nordic countries situated in the Fennoscandian region of northern Europe. It borders Sweden on the west, Russia on the east, and Norway on the north, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland....
 one day after shooting incident Image:CatholicVigil.jpg|Pro-life
Pro-life

Pro-life is a term representing a variety of perspectives and activist movements in medical ethics. It is most commonly used, especially in the media and popular discourse, to refer to opposition to abortion....
 candlelight vigil outside a Planned Parenthood
Planned Parenthood

Planned Parenthood is the collective name of organizations worldwide who are members of the International Planned Parenthood Federation . The Planned Parenthood Federation of America is the U.S....
 location in Boston
Commonwealth Avenue, Boston

Commonwealth Avenue is a major street in the cities of Boston, Massachusetts and Newton, Massachusetts, Massachusetts. It begins at the western edge of the Public Garden , and continues west through the neighborhoods of the Back Bay, Kenmore Square, Allston, Massachusetts, Brighton, Boston, Massachusetts and Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts....
 with rosary
Rosary

The Rosary is a popular traditional Roman Catholic devotion. The term denotes both a set of prayer beads and the devotional prayer itself, which combines vocal prayer and meditation....
 and Stations of the Cross
Stations of the Cross

Stations of the Cross refers to the depiction of the final hours of Jesus, and the devotion commemorating the Passion. The tradition as chapel devotion began with St....