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Slideshow: Taiwan’s Regional Festivals

Though the Lantern Festival is feted across Taiwan with different customs and degrees of flamboyance, the most exuberant event this year was hosted by the town of Lukang, in Changhua County in Taiwan’s west, with huge crowds, musical performances, an appearance by the Taiwanese president, and a 20-meter tall, 40-ton dragon-shaped lantern that was the largest in the festival’s history. The celebration was predicted to bring 5 million tourists to Changhua.

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