Wesak Day in Brisbane

Would you ever thought that you would celebrate wesak day in an all-English country?
definitely not for me.
i always thought that when i am in overseas studying, the Chinese cultures and celebrations will have to be left behind
and that was totally wrong.
because i just had my very first wesak day celebration in Brisbane, Australia.
not any minor event
but a grand one!!!!

Brisbane's wesak day was held in Southbank.
red lanterns greet us upon our arrival at the place.
which really gives me the Chinese atmosphere.
just like my hometown back in jonker street, malacca.

they even sold Chinese trinkets and decorations which is really exciting.

and pretty much reminded me of chinese new year decorations.

wishing pond. flip a coin and may you wish come true.

the Buddha statue.
i had never bathed one back in Melaka because this wasn't a Malaccan culture but it was popular in other states and now i experienced it.
so, mummy daddy i celebrated a pretty much different wesak day.

they even had the seven lotus too which indicated the sevens steps taken by the Prince Siddhartha once he was born

i cannot believe that they even have guan yin statue over there.

and i can't comment anything bad about the celebration organised by the Brisbane City Council.

it was something that deserved to be praised.

make a wish and hang it below the laughing buddha.
in fact i made many wishes yesterday.
i even lighted the candle for my whole family.
the staffs there told me that the candle will be lighted through out the whole celebration.
and i choose good health for my family.

some cultural performances which sometimes i don't really enjoyed.
perhaps i am someone not with culture appreciation.

we spend our whole day at Southbank,
enjoying a chinese celebration in an english country.
we ate vegetarian food too ranging from laksa to char keow tiao to raddish cake to roti canai to tea herbal boiled egg.
i had a splendid wesak celebration in Brisbane.
hehee..

xoxo,
shen