Chinese lantern festival lights up Barcelona
AFP
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December 20, 2014
![A visitor takes pictures of silk figures during the first day of Chinese Lantern Festival in Barcelona on December 18, 2014. - AFP A visitor takes pictures of silk figures during the first day of Chinese Lantern Festival in Barcelona on December 18, 2014. - AFP](https://i.dawn.com/primary/2014/12/549575f6e1905.jpg)
![A panda shaped silk figure is seen during the first day of Chinese Lantern Festival in Barcelona on December 18, 2014. - AFP A panda shaped silk figure is seen during the first day of Chinese Lantern Festival in Barcelona on December 18, 2014. - AFP](https://i.dawn.com/primary/2014/12/549575f62dac5.jpg)
![A visitor checks a house shaped silk figure during the first day of Chinese Lantern Festival in Barcelona on December 18, 2014. - AFP A visitor checks a house shaped silk figure during the first day of Chinese Lantern Festival in Barcelona on December 18, 2014. - AFP](https://i.dawn.com/primary/2014/12/54957a86be2b2.jpg)
![Snowmen shaped silk figures are seen during the first day of Chinese Lantern Festival in Barcelona on December 18, 2014. - AFP Snowmen shaped silk figures are seen during the first day of Chinese Lantern Festival in Barcelona on December 18, 2014. - AFP](https://i.dawn.com/primary/2014/12/549575f76290f.jpg)
![A visitor walks by a giant vegetable shaped silk figure during the first day of Chinese Lantern Festival in Barcelona on December 18, 2014. - AFP A visitor walks by a giant vegetable shaped silk figure during the first day of Chinese Lantern Festival in Barcelona on December 18, 2014. - AFP](https://i.dawn.com/primary/2014/12/549575f8a2e06.jpg)
![A panda shaped silk figure is seen during the first day of Chinese Lantern Festival in Barcelona on December 18, 2014. - AFP A panda shaped silk figure is seen during the first day of Chinese Lantern Festival in Barcelona on December 18, 2014. - AFP](https://i.dawn.com/primary/2014/12/549575f7f3a15.jpg)
The Chinese Lantern Festival is a spectacular exhibition of 500 gigantic silk figures that are lit up inside, representing traditional symbols and motifs from the millennial Chinese culture.
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athar
Dec 22, 2014 05:01am
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