Lantern Festival
March 9, 2007 – 10:31 pm
Last weekend I went along to the Auckland Lantern Festival. Not having been to any of the previous Lantern Festivals, I was under the impression that it was just a bunch of lanterns in a park. What it actually is is a bunch of lanterns in a park, a few performances by various cultural groups, a lot of food stalls, and several thousand people crammed into a fairly small area.
The highlight is definitely the food. There seemed to be about 40 stalls offering a variety of Asian food, if you could get to them through the throng of people. I ended up waiting for 20 minutes for a cheep and generous helping of mussels that were cooked in huge woks over large gas rings in a manner that seemed to contravene any number of health and safety regulations.
The actual lanterns were just OK, pretty enough but nothing special. We didn’t stop and watch any of the performances, there were too many people milling about. The mussels were worth the wait though.
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