Granville Street Lantern Forest
Friday, March 5th, 2010 :: 11:44 pm
As you can see (from the lack of people on the streets!), this is going a while back in January. Three weeks before the Olympics started in Vancouver, LunarFest started on Granville St, between Robson and Georgia, displaying 2010 lanterns made by Taiwanese children as part of Cultural Olympiad. Being a Taiwanese Canadian, it was great to see something displayed so prominently to the world while the Winter Olympics was on. A description of it can be seen on the second photo.
In addition to the lanterns that the elementary school kids made, there were also bigger themed lanterns by Canadian and Taiwanese artists in what’s called “Love, Life and Light”. They look even better at night, which I will be posting later!
Lantern welcoming year 2010
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Part of Cultural Olympiad

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Streets were pretty empty for now

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Remember this girl?

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Save the Earth

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Beautiful Formosa

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Taiwanese Opera!

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Honeycombs

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They even have benches setup for you to rest!

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Made from recycled bottles!

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The Umbilical Cord

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