Dance ritual
Lotus Lantern Festival
Bongeunsa Temple
Lamaist monks
Traditional fan dancers
Procession of royal family members
Jongmyo Jerye
Jongmyo Jerye ceremonies
Painting lotus flowers
Yunjungno
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Dance Ritual
Young women perform a dance ritual at Jongmyo, a Confucian shrine where the ancestral tablets of kings and queens of the Joseon Dynasty are enshrined.
Photograph by Heimo Aga

Ceremonious Seoul

See Seoul photos in this gallery from National Geographic’s Ultimate City Guide for Seoul.

January 29, 2010

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