buddha shazam!

buddha shazam!
Originally uploaded by Emmalen.

That's the newborn baby B popping out of the largest of a series of lotus-flower-lanterns. This is a recurrent lantern motif, here executed in traditional wood-and-tissue but elsewhere seen in cellophane and beautifully cut stiff paper. BB seems to be giving us a thumbs-up: don't worry, everyone, I am going to explain everything!