Seoul Festival 2012

Seoul's weeklong big bash known as the "Hi Seoul Festival" took place the first week of October.  Koreans and people from around the world gathered in large numbers at the opening program in downtown Seoul.

The Citizens' Percussion Band led the opening parade which
moved in waves of participants and spectators
from Cheonggye Plaza to Seoul Plaza.

The crowd.

The Percussion Band.

Scores of volunteers used their bodies to separate
the parade participants from
the constantly shifting spectators.

Part of the parade procession.

The French street art group, Transe Express,
the festival's headliners,
perform on Cheonggye Plaza.

Transe Express on Cheonggye Plaza.

At Seoul Plaza, shadows of Transe Express aerial
percussionists and acrobat are
cast on Seoul City Hall.

Merriment and revelry on Seoul Plaza.