Aug 24 2008
2008 Palo Alto Obon Festival (Video)
Palo Alto Obon Festival from Mike C on Vimeo.
Here’s a quick video of a visit we made to the Palo Alto Obon Festival earlier this month. Lucy had fun watching the performers beat on drums, sampling the food (including multi-colored snowcones), and spending time w/ Gma Susan and Gpa Peter.
- Music: “Tortoise Brand Pot Scrubbing Cleaner’s Theme” from Let’s Knife
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Sep 06, 2008 @ 20:47:52
Lucy has to watch her videos every night before bed, so now i have this song stuck in my head….
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