The Kimchi Chronicles

Lotus Lantern Festival

Posted on 5/20/2010 at 1:16:41 PM

Last Sunday, (May 17, 2010) I went out to Seoul in the evening to check out the Lotus Lantern Festival. This Festival is one of Seoul’s largest and most important events throughout the year. It’s done to commemorate the birth of Buddha and also to commence the week long celebrations for Buddha’s birthday on May 21. The city was turned into  a beautiful glowing rainbow of lamps and floats of all shapes, colors, and sizes everywhere. We made it just in time to see the parade and walk around for a while. After the parade, we went to the beautifully decorated Buddhist temple.

(One day, when I don’t have a lap top that’s dying on me, I’ll be able to combine my video clips. But for now, this will do.)