Jack-O-Lantern Spectacular (october 8-November 1, 2009)Īll Rhode Less Traveled posts are unsolicited and funded entirely by the authors. And the fiery tribute to one of the prettier traditions of Halloween is truly worth the wait. Despite the line’s seeming to contain the entire population of Rhode Island, once dark descended, it moved fairly well. What we didn’t realize is that there is another queue within the zoo for people to wait until it’s dark enough outside, and there’s plenty of stands (and time) while you’re on that line to buy SuperPretzels (not as deserving of their name). Journey through a wonderland of illuminated larger-than-life lanterns inspired by wild world during the Asian Lantern Spectacular at Roger Williams Park Zoo. We arrived at 5:30pm, waited in line, bought our tickets, then meandered near the entrance buying pretzels and drinking coffee. You’ll pass hundreds of hand-carved unique faces along the winding path and see the hundreds more lit lanterns shimmering in the trees and across the ponds.Įach evening it starts at 6pm, although sunset comes a bit later. The sheer number of pumpkins sacrificed to the cause of creating this glowing presentation is extraordinary. I usually take issue with things named spectacular, but I have to admit in the case of the Jack-O-Lantern Spectacular, the name fits. This event just allows you to step outside of everything else that’s going on in your lives and really experience something that’s truly magical.Jack-O-Lantern Spectacular at Roger Williams Park Zoo. Just like how Americans share culture with the world. I’m so happy that so many Americans appreciate the foreign culture, and we’re so glad to share our heritage with Americans. We really expect this as a cultural event to really just grow year after year. I think is a great opportunity for families to come out and breathe some fresh air in the outside environment, and enjoy a tour in the world of illumination.Īll the proceeds benefit all of our mission as far as education, animal care and conservation. This is really the first events where we’re actually opening up is a walkthrough, It’s just gorgeous to see from start to finish the work that they’re doing here. It took about 18,000 man hours to create all the exhibits. And we’re just really looking forward to continuing this relationship We found a wonderful partner Hanart culture, they’ve been absolutely wonderful to work with, they produce all the lanterns and they come up with a design for the layout to tell a story and they’ve just been wonderful to work with. So they really just come to life at night. The Cleveland Metroparks filed a lawsuit this week against their counterparts in. They’re all made out of steel frames, and they’re covered in hand painted silk, and they’re filled with lights, and they just have this beautiful glow at nighttime. CLEVELAND The Asian Lantern Festival is spurring a lawsuit between zoos in Cleveland and Pittsburgh. Addeddate 23:01:46 Identifier moving-lanterns-and-lights-at-the-roger-williams-zoo-asian-light-spectacular Scanner Internet Archive HTML5 Uploader 1.6.4. Basically, we use the modern material and the ancient mentor making skills. These are all the moving lights and lanterns during the Roger Williams Zoo Asian Light Spectacular They move fast, but sometimes they move slow. Over the years, it has evolved into large scale events like this. The lanterns originated about 2000 years ago, from the worship of Buddha. The entire zoo is filled with either life size or larger than life, animal sculptures, all sorts of beautiful flowers, different art sculptures. We have these gorgeous displays that are all throughout the zoo.įor this zoo, we created a special lanterns representing the animals from all the continents, from zebra to cheetah, and the animals in Africa and also flamingos in South America, and also some Oceania animals. We are at the entrance of our new Asian lantern spectacular, brand new event for us our first time we’re doing a cultural events here at Roger Williams Park Zoo and we’re so excited about it.Ĭorrie Ignangni -Roger Williams Park Zoo 0:16Īsian lantern spectacular is this gorgeous, all immersive multicultural event that we’re having for the first time here at our zoo. Play video above, or read transcription below. Simply Southern New England takes you up for an up close & personal look at these unique lanterns. The Asian Lantern Spectacular at the Roger Williams Zoo is an all immersive, multicultural event that features beautiful and amazing life size lanterns that are displayed all throughout the zoo.
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