Buddha's Birthday and Lotus Lantern Festival
May 5th 2006 Lotus Lantern Festival
The city of Seoul and the entire country of Korea has been preparing for
Buddha’s Birthday for several months. The streets have been lined with neon
colored lanterns that are lit at night, and so are the temples.
The festivities started off with a Lotus Lantern Festival that took place the
Sunday before Buddha's Birthday, in downtown Seoul near Insadon
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