SEOUL, May 20 (Korea Bizwire) — The annual lantern parade is set to take place in central Seoul on Saturday at full scale ahead of Buddha’s Birthday next week for the first time in four years, organizers said. The annual parade will begin at Dongdaemun at 7 p.m., and end after arriving at Jogye Temple, [...]
SEOUL, March 31 (Korea Bizwire) — After a two-year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic, a large-scale lantern parade will resume next month in full scale as part of the UNESCO-listed Lantern Lighting Festival, an annual festival to celebrate Buddha’s birthday, organizers said Thursday. The Jogye Order, the country’s largest Buddhist sect, said this year’s [...]
SEOUL, April 10 (Korea Bizwire) — An annual lantern parade celebrating Buddha’s birthday will be canceled for a second straight year amid the new coronavirus pandemic, the South Korean Buddhist community said Saturday. The Buddhist community here usually holds a three-day lantern lighting festival, called “Yeondeunghoe” in Korean, ahead of Buddha’s birthday. A parade across [...]