JINJU LATERN FESTIVAL
The Jinju Lantern Festival happens for two weeks in October.
The river that runs through Jinju was dotted with hundreds
of lanterns.
They had a variety of festival foods.
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Dried squid and silkworm pupae |
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Full roasted pig |
This event also allowed for businesses and neighboring
cities to contribute their own lanterns to the festival. Here are a few of
them:
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Changwon's! Nubija with Pioomi! |
There are literally thousands of lanterns at the festival of
all kinds. They had life size lanterns of people and bigger-than-life-size lantern
flotillas depicting ancient and mythological events.
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They also had spanning archways lined with hundreds and hundreds of red-glowing shoebox sized lanterns.
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And of course the best views are at night.
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