lantern festival

took theson back to thewifes mum place for the lantern festival celebration, 2 saturdays back. all thesons cousins would be there so we thought it would be good for him to experience it. I actually thought it would be a small thing with like 10kids and a few adults. In actual fact, there were close to 40 kids/adult with dinner and entertainment provided. all funded by the local ruling political party..
in terms of lanterns, the majority was the modern battery powered lanterns but there were also a few lanterns that were candle/flame powered. Some even went up in flames.
Theson had his trusty superman lantern powered by batteries of course. We actually had a lantern procession and everyone walked around the block. There was even a “showgirl” songstress doing her routine on a tiny little stage platform in front of all these kids. Quite funny.