We know that the Arizal celebrated Lag Baomer at the Maara in Maron. The Arizal also made a Chalaqa, although Reb Chaim Vittal wasn’t sure if there is what to learn from that. The Minhag in Eretz Yisroel is a very old one. All Poskim that witnessed it, even if they had inhibitions of Baal Tashchis, decided not to intefere.
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