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The moment the lotus is lit

April 18th 2006
The Lotus Lantern Festival is a highly anticipated even every year in Seoul. A buddhist festical, and to commemorate Buddhas birthday, a festival is held surrounding the image of the Lotus Flower. Lotus lanterns are made and lit, an elaborate and illuminated parade prominades down the street of Jogno, near Insadong (a traditional market area of Seoul,lloaded with handicrafts and tea houses, popula ... read more

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Korea was an independent kingdom under Chinese suzerainty for most of the past millennium. Following its victory in the Russo-Japanese War in 1905, Japan occupied Korea; five years later it formally annexed the entire peninsula. After World War II, a... ... read more

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Shawna Manske

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Good ol' Canadian (Okotokian) girl...done a degree, done the bar slinging bit. Sometimes a girl dreams of becoming something else, seeing ANYTHING else, other than the familiar. Or dreams of finding the familiar somewhere alien. I'm doing the foreign teaching thing in Korea for a change of pace. Plan is to "see the world" after that. I want something.... I realize it's easy to say "I want to change the world", so I would rather say that I want to just follow whatever path is possible to make somebody's life better, somehow. And let's be honest, no one forsakes the comforts of home without look... full info

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