Halloween~ Folklore and Embellishment

With the Mid-Autumn Lantern Festival a little over a week away,  paper lanterns are very much on the minds of the people of the Pacific Rim who are getting ready to celebrate. The lanterns they have in mind are probably not the ones you would have at your wedding! Their lanterns are not necessarily made of paper, and they would not necessarily fit in a reception hall. (For traditional wedding lanterns here's a link to our paper lanterns.

A recent article from Malaysia described paper lanterns adorned with "Angry Birds". That made me curious to find out what other strange paper lanterns there are around the world.

In Asia there appear to be more lanterns for kids. Besides Angry Birds, cartoon characters like Snow White and Winnie-the-Pooh can be found on paper lanterns in the shops in Penang. These children's lanterns are made to be carried at night during the Mid-Autumn Lantern Festival. Parents there like lanterns  that are battery-operated. They're safer than a candle-lit lantern, and will stay lit for a long period of time.

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