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People gather around a illuminated frog from The Frog Princess, as they enjoy the spectacle at the opening night of annual Festival of Light at the Elizabethan Longleat House on November 3, 2017 in Frome, England. Now in its fourth year, the Elizabethan stately home and country estate has been transformed with thousands of lanterns using 300,000 metres of silk, made by highly skilled Chinese craftsmen from Zigong in the county's Sichuan province, which has been staging lantern festivals for more than 2,000 years and includes an 83ft Rapunzel tower – the largest lantern ever constructed for the Festival of Light – and a 98ft long galleon floating on the lake. The Festival of Light draws inspiration from tales new and old, including popular stories like Little Red Riding Hood, the Nordic influenced Little Mermaid, as well as the local legend of Somerset's “Gurt Worm” dragon. The Festival of Light opens to the public between Friday to Sundays on November 5 and will be open daily from December 1 to January 3. (Photo by Matt Cardy/Getty Images)
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