Asia Lantern Carnival 2006
Jun 5th, 2006 by Neo
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The Asia Lantern Carnival 2006 is currently being held at the National Sports Complex at Bukit Jalil, Kuala Lumpur. I passed by the place a few times and was really amazed by the colorful lanterns being displayed which we can peek from the roadside. Last weekend, finally we managed to go to have a closer look.
Disneyland.
The entrance ticket costs RM5 per head. These days, we will need to buy tickets for each and every event and carnival. Parking was very convenient mainly because we reached the place late at night at about 10pm, and they have a hugh car park in Bukit Jalil. Parking is charged at RM1.50 per entry. Anyway, let’s look at the pictures!
Dragon Lantern.
This is a hugh dragon lantern. I think it’s about 100 meters long, and is built with hundreds if not thousands of porcelain plates, bowls, cups and spoons. Then it is fitted with beautiful lights that dances with music. A magnificent masterpiece.
Claws of the porcelain dragon.
Look at the hugh claws. Can imagine how long is the whole dragon…
Cute pandas.
Since lantern is traditionally originated from China, it is not surprising to see pandas here. They are so adorable!
Arabian Nights.
A big castle from the Arabian Nights. There are Aladdin, camels, horses and some other characters from the fairy tales stories too. The kids simply love this one!
Aladdin on a white elephant.
A a beautiful mosque.
Is this the mosque in Shah Alam?
An eagle majestically poised just like the one in Eagle Square (Dataran Langkawi), Langkawi.
Upon closer inspection, the eagle is built from compact discs! Thousands of them stick together, how amazing does that sound? Perhaps the sheer amount of the CDs went into this eagle is enough to go into Malaysia’s Book of Guinness Records. The CDs are making the statue glittering.
Olympics in Beijing 2008?
Monkeys.
Is this the naughty monkey from the Journey to the West? Maybe no, because Zhu Bajie and Sha Wujing are no where to be seen.
Dinosaur.
Giraffe lantern, with rainbow at the back.
Snow White and the Seven Dwarf.
Although Snow White didn’t look very good and white at all, but the kids still very much love their favorite princess from Disney 
Beautiful Phoenix Lantern.
The delicate body of the phoenix is made up of more than a hundred thousand dried silky worm cocoons. The final visual under the bright light is truly breath-taking!
Imperial Fu Dogs Figurines.
These animals are supposed to bring good luck and protect the owner’s home and work place.
Petronas Twin Towers.
One of the world’s tallest buildings - Petronas Twin Towers, or also known as the KLCC.
A cute cat sitting in the dark corner.
Perdana Putra Complex.
This lantern is inspired by the administrative building Perdana Putra Complex in KL.
Date of Roses.
Ali Baba.
A masterpiece inspired by one of the Arabian Nights stories, “Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves”.
So, there you have it… Tonnes of photos I took during the carnival. If you enjoyed the photos, then please leave some comments below to let me know
Some reminders:
Date: 28 May 2006 - 30 July 2006
Time: 3.00pm - 12.00 midnight
Ticket: RM5 (adult), Free (children below the age of 12 - if I am not mistaken)
Tagged: lantern carnival, bukit jalil, lantern
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WAHHHHH so many lanterns. Compared to our Penang lanterns, so pai seh lorrrrr. BTW, how you store so many large pics on your site without busting your bandwith? You must have HUGE diskspace and bandwith hor? Envy envy.
Oh ya, nice pics!
Lilian,
The pics are optimzed in Photoshop so they are not that large, and in fact my site do not have so many visitors compared to yours.
So bandwidth is still OK so far
Thanks for visiting.
yaya, i am thoroughly enjoyed in your pictures! i like the pandas one! cute ^^
thanks for sharing..
Wow beautiful…
yup that’s the Shah Alam mosque.
I might drop by there. Do you how long this exhibition will last ?
Nice shot and nice photos! Those lanterns really beautiful!
After view, wish to bring along my little Owen for visit too but too far for us lah!
Oh! Thanks for sharing.
i love them! well done! btw, those cd they use to make the eagle r the pirate cd & dvd they confiscated from u issit? hahahaha
Wow…that event’s nice!
Pianonee,
Go hug the pandas
Che-Cheh,
The carnival will last until 30 July 2006. Plenty of time still.
Amy,
Bring Owen to the carnival.
Wuching,
Not confiscated from me. I donated
kenJJ,
Yeah.
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Hi Neo,
Thank you for the good comments.
The organiser.
Looks GREAT! I’ll be visiting with my girlfriend tonight!
Regards,
Faisal
(from The Netherlands, but on an intership in KL).
Nice pics, I just managed to go there on Saturday.
Asian Lantern Carnival 2006.
The Asia Cultural Lantern Carnival 2006 - Bukit Jalil
After my busy night on Friday at the Sunrise on Saturday night I managed to get to the Asia Cultural Lantern Carnival 2006 at Bukit Jalil before it finished on the 30th (Sunday).
I wanted to go as it seems pretty interesting and it was a good opportuni…
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