Lantern Festival

The Buddha's birthday was May 4th. It is a really big holiday here. There was a parade and festival.

This was outside the Jogye-sa Temple in Insadong. There were so many lanterns everywhere! I will miss them when they are finally taken down.



Ellen and I made lanterns at the festival. Mine is the one with the yellow petals.



Posing in front of the temple with my latern. The street in front of the temple was closed for the festival. There was dancing, music, and many booths. There were even Mongolian Buddhists!



This was at the parade. It was held at night and full of lanterns.


I loved the elephant. It reminded my of the Sultan's Elephant, but not as large...