Friday, May 9, 2008

Buddha's Birthday Part One



Last Saturday marked the beginning of Buddha's
Birthday celebrations. This Monday May 12Th is his
official birthday. In Chang won there was an
early celebration in the center of the city.


This was one of my favorite floats.
Here is Boo in front of the party. I was able to score
some free books on Buddhism, Buddhist philosophy
printed on paper with a special handmade printing press
and coloring pages of Buddha for Alex and Emma.
In the words of my Mom, "SCORE!!"

The year of the Mouse

Lotus Lanterns


The Towns mascots Aliens Chongy and Wonie.
Ohh and Boo.

Balloon Buddha

A gigantic fish

Boo playing volleyball with one of the lanterns.
The lanterns are hung all around the city.


The dragon eating a building.

A bowing Monk.

This was Boo's favorite float.

1 comment:

CarlsonArts said...

Nice festival pics. I like the dragon too. BTW: Is there an LDS chapel anywhere near Changwon?