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July 15, 2007

Photo Essay - The Lotus Festival

Hula Girls


This weekend Echo Park is hosting its annual Lotus Festival, featuring a variety of entertainment, booths, and food vendors. The event encourages a sharing of the cultures of Asian and Pacific Island communities, and is timed to coincide with the blooming of the lotus blossom. Festivities continue Sunday from 12:00 noon to 8:00 p.m.

Echo Park Lake in Los Angeles, California, located on Park Avenue between Glendale Avenue and Echo Park Boulevard, just north of the Hollywood (101) and Pasadena (110) freeway junction, near Dodger Stadium. Check out the website here for more information.


My favorite overheard conversation of the day:

Remember, you can't spell funnel cake without the F-U-N.

You can't spell funeral without the F-U-N either.

Yeah. They should call it a bummer-al or something.


(Photos after the jump!)

It makes me a little concerned I am finding children so adorable lately

Gourd dancers

Has anybody seen the bridge

Metal kids

Food Vendors heavy on the satay

It looks so good but it is so bad

Palm Tree

Floating Dragon

Holla

Feed the birds

The Paddleboats are called home

Lady of the Lake and King Kong juxtaposed

Looking sharp

Shops

Beware of fireworks

The Boathouse

Light Bright

Jalapeno dogs on the street are way better than official funnelcake vendors

LAPD keeping it all fine and mellow

Shark slide

For some reason kids in shark's jaws are a theme this week

Shop at night

Taiko drummer

Taiko

Jump

Happy Campers

Fireworks with the cityscape

Fireworks

Photos by Elise Thompson for LAist


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Comments (2) [rss]

great pictures
especially the rocker kids
and the king kong next to the statue
and the old man and the goose!

 

I concur -- great photos!

 
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