The annual Lotus Lantern Festival is held in honor of Buddha's Birthday. A couple of weekends ago, I made my way down to base to witness this highly anticipated event. Sadly, I was recovering from tonsillitis at the time, but I had my dear nephew Rocky to help me recover until it started :)
Anywho, what also made this parade really exciting was that I found out how I could get seats for us foreigners. I signed Melissa, Nyeasha, and myself up for them and we were also guaranteed our own lotus lanterns... I'm modeling one below... ohh lala...
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| Monks! |
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| Rainbow hanboks... I want one! |
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| Adorable little ones :) |
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| uh oh, the lanterns are going digital... |
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| I thought these lanterns were awesome because they were Hangul, my picture does them no justice... :( My video doesn't really help either... |
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| Don't everyone freak out, the swastika symbol in Buddhism means auspiciousness and good fortune... |
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| So lovely... |
This dragon was actually terrifying! Children were screaming!
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| We got hungry and ate some famous Korean street food: WAFFLES. |
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| Choco waffle. |
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| The families of foreign couples in front of us had a lot of children with them. Left and right, they were being handed lanterns from the parade! I about lost it when this little kid came back with this massive lantern! It was hilarious to see his parents reaction! |
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| I found this rather humorous as well.. a lantern caught on fire and was burning out across the street. Best parade ever! |
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