April in Korea

This is a blog about my time teaching in Korea.

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Location: Raleigh, North Carolina

Monday, May 22, 2006

Buddhas Birthday



Buddhas Birthday is one of the largest festivals in Seoul, held on April 30th. I think there were as many foreigners as Koreans there. During the festival there are many booths set up where you can make lanterns for free, paint and dress up in traditional garments (I hope Im not insulting their tradition by doing so). I got so many random pictures taken of myself, just as everyone did.But it was fun, with a long parade of illuminated floats and thousands of people, all carrying lanterns. In the end we even go to take some of the lanterns home. It was a great beginning to my trip.

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