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| | Buddhist Channel | S/N Korea | Lotus Lantern Festival |
 | | A multiracial, multicultural crowd carrying specially made "lotus lanterns" and followed by huge illuminated images of white elephants, stupas, and scenes showing the important events of the Lord Buddha's earthly life wound through the streets all evening, cheered and clapped by enthusiastic onlookers. |
 | | Founded to celebrate the traditional religion of Korean response to the recent influx of Christian missionaries, the festival showed that Buddhism is flourishing in one of Asia's wealthiest and most dynamic economies. |
 | | A leader in the rise of Asia's economic power, Korean Buddhism has been prominent in the increase of its cultural influence too, with many monks and nuns from the US, Canada and Europe joining its religious orders in recent years. |
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