PANDA-MONIUM! (Seoul, South Korea)

6/15/2015

“Humanity's true moral test, its fundamental test…
consists of its attitude towards those who are at its mercy: animals.”
- Milan Kundera

Spotted in Italy, Switzerland, Malaysia, France. and now the traveling pandas are here in South Korea to raise awareness on the decreasing number of pandas in the world. This idea was thought of and made by a French Artist. He made 1,600 papier-mache pandas to symbolize the number of the few pandas left in this world. This simple but very symbolic gesture is a reminder for us humans to take care endangered species. If you want to "adopt" one and to know more about them, click here.

Usually, these pandas are publicly displayed and the pictures I saw was a sight to see. When I saw online that the traveling pandas are here in South Korea, I was excited. I wanted to see this exhibition since I have seen this campaign before paraded on famous landmarks in the world. What are the chances that they are also here in Korea? Luckily, my friend Rachel wanted to see it too. We had a great time photographing this cute pandas. Sadly, Brock was working so he wasn't able to witness this.

It was such a nice walk, seeing kids enjoy this event. On the other hand, it was also Buddha's Birthday weekend so there was a lot of celebrations going on around South Korea during this time. Overall, I had a great time with a friend visiting Seoul and the exhibit is quite interesting but we were both not happy about the location of the exhibit since it was on the steps of the building (we both thought it was going to be on a main square or something). The 1600 pandas were quite crammed at the steps. I would love to see the pandas near a famous landmark and at open field. NOT that it matters right? At least, South Koreans are now aware of this problem that the world is facing. Would I visit one of this traveling pandas exhibit again? Definitely! Lucky for you, if you missed this particular exhibit, you still have chance to see it till July 31, 2015 as they are also traveling around different locations in South Korea.

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12 Comments

Deborah Howell

6/15/2015 05:04:25 am

Where else in s. Korea where this will be again please

Hannah link

6/17/2015 11:01:05 pm

That's my version on heaven. I LOVE pandas

Francesca (@WorkMomTravels) link

6/18/2015 02:14:11 am

What an adorable way to raise awareness for an important cause. Love these photos!

samiya selim link

6/18/2015 03:05:57 pm

Wow, that is a lot of pandas!! What a sight to see and enjoy!

Jolanta | Casual Traveler link

6/20/2015 11:42:46 am

I hope this campaign will bring the desired results. It really is awful that so many animals are dying off. The world my children are growing into will be so different than the one I grew up in. I hope it will still be livable, but it would be so sad if that was a world without pandas, Siberian Tigers, or so many other animals.

Jessica link

6/22/2015 06:53:02 am

This is one of the cutest things I've ever seen! Great way to raise awareness!

Kate link

6/22/2015 08:25:32 am

These pandas are so cute and its a great campaign. I would love to get to see them at a famous landmark. I hope it helps to educate others about endangered species and to find a solution to the extinction so many animals face now.Great post

Holly link

6/22/2015 03:40:27 pm

This is great. I like pandas. They look so cute. I would love to see this myself.

Lieurene Tran link

6/22/2015 04:20:34 pm

Wow, that is alot of pandas! I just told my travel buddy Stacey about this since she is in Seoul, South Korea right now! This is a great exposure to spread awareness!

Valeria @ Rome, New York, London, World link

6/23/2015 10:43:19 pm

Thank you for sharing the quote by Kundera. I agree very much and I hope this campaign raises the appropriate awareness. Great pics!

Amber link

6/26/2015 10:50:21 am

Oh my gosh so many pandas in one place! That must have been a really interesting adventure!

Polen link

7/24/2015 02:18:31 am

I hope to see them here in the Philippines! I haven't seen a real panda. This is a good campaign. Thanks for sharing :)

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