May is a real exceptional Birthday month! Not exclusively because it is MY birthday, but Buddha turns around other twelvemonth older on May 17th. To celebrate Buddha’s life Republic of Korea has a diversity of events during May. On Sabbatum May 11th Thaddeus together with I attended i of the most wild parades together with parties we’ve e'er been to!
The Lotus Lantern Festival inwards Seoul is a three-day event! Spotlighting this outcome (no pun intended) is the 2.5 threescore minutes long Lotus Lantern Parade! It runs all the agency from Dongdaaemun History together with Culture Park through Jongno Street together with hence ending at Joygesa Temple. (These are all places I spoke close inwards my previous blog posts.)
The parade consists of over 100,000 Buddhists dressed inwards hanbok (traditional clothing) carrying lanterns inwards a diversity or shapes together with sizes. It’s a sight similar no other! (Which is why the bulk of this weblog volition consist of pictures.)
Beyond the lanterns are dozens of low-cal upward floats including robotic burn downwards breathing dragons together with diverse other animals, HUGE speakers playing music together with much more! Some of the floats are hence large that ability lines accept to endure raised for them to exceed under! My favorite was a xxx human dragon that zig- zagged through the road.
Following the Lotus Lantern Festival is Hoehyang Hanmadang which translates to post-parade celebration. Foreigners usually yell to this every bit “The Flower Party.” In the middle of the route close Joygesa Temple the parade concludes. Floats describe of piece of occupation the street to endure observed upward close.
A huge phase is fix with alive parade commentary throughout the parade.
The phase is filled with beautiful hanging lanterns.
Once the parade concludes everyone gathers hither together with dances along every bit musicians sing both traditional music together with k-pop alike.
There are several larger trip the low-cal fantastic toe performances.
My favorite beingness women who held giant lotus peddles together with reenacted a lotus blossoming through dance.
Once this concludes, strangers select grip of i another’s hands together with trip the low-cal fantastic toe together inwards circles or cast huge congo lines.
While this is going on, pyrotechnics
go off from the phase together with confetti, that symbolizes the lotus bloom pedals, falls from the sky.
The outcome is really i of a kind!
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| Couldn't resist posting this cute guy enjoying around pre-parade bbq |
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| This is the Buddhist swastika symbol, which is ubiquitous throughout Korea and not to endure confused with the High German Hackenkreuz. Interestingly it is non called a swastika inwards Germany. |
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| See the human on the float asset a large wooden stick to heighten the ability describe of piece of occupation for this huge Rooster! |
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| This huge dragon breathed existent smoke together with spit fire! |
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| The elephants feet together with body moved to larn inwards await every bit though it was walking |
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| This dragon was completely made upward of people running dorsum together with forth alongside the street. See their legs inwards there! |
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| Post Parade "Flower Party" Dance presentations |
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| The principal stage |
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| Flying Lotus Petals! |
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A huge phase is fix with alive parade commentary throughout the parade. The phase is filled with beautiful hanging lanterns. Once the parade concludes everyone gathers hither together with dances along every bit musicians sing both traditional music together with k-pop alike. There are several larger trip the low-cal fantastic toe performances. My favorite beingness women who held giant lotus peddles together with reenacted a lotus blossoming through dance. Once this concludes, strangers select grip of i another’s hands together with trip the low-cal fantastic toe together inwards circles or cast huge congo lines. While this is going on, pyrotechnics go off from the phase together with confetti, that symbolizes the lotus bloom pedals, falls from the sky. The outcome is really i of a kind! 
