People carry lanterns through the streets of Brighton for the Burning the Clocks festival, which organisers say acts as 'an antidote to the excesses of the commercial Christmas'Photograph: Dan Kitwood/Getty ImagesStilt walkers join the procession. According to organisers, 'people gather to make paper and willow lanterns to carry through their city and burn on the beach as a token for the end of the year'Photograph: Dan Kitwood/Getty ImagesThe lantern makers 'invest their lanterns with their wishes, hopes, and fears'Photograph: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images
Dancers make their way through the streets Photograph: Dan Kitwood/Getty ImagesRevellers carry their lanterns towards Brighton beachPhotograph: PAThe lanterns are burned on the beach to greet the lengthening days that follow the winter solsticePhotograph: Dan Kitwood/Getty ImagesDancers make their way through the streets of BrightonPhotograph: Dan Kitwood/Getty ImagesAttendees carry their lanterns for the festival, which was created in 1995Photograph: Dan Kitwood/Getty ImagesThe festival is funded with a grant from Brighton and Hove City council, plus donations from local companies and individualsPhotograph: Dan Kitwood/Getty ImagesA giant lantern burns at the end of the festivalPhotograph: Dan Kitwood/Getty ImagesPeople watch fireworks at the end of the festivalPhotograph: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images
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