The spectators, raucous just moments before, are now solemn and hushed, watching the flaming offerings drift out across the pitch-black waters, eventually to flicker, flare, and disappear in the night.
老一輩的觀禮者合掌低頭默禱；放水燈的漢子直視海面，一臉虔敬。流水無情，不消多時，閃爍的火光漸漸在海水的瀰漫下黯滅、消失… …。