While I was in Pusan the first time there was some kind of Buddhist event taking place. The first evening, after playing our gig and heading back to the barracks, we noticed a long procession heading up a long trail to the top of the mountain shown in the picture on the left. It was a spectacular sight. Everyone was carrying torches and the line wound its way around many switchbacks to the top. We kept watch off and on for hours until the torches went out shortly before midnight. (Midnight was curfew time. People could actually get shot--and did--if they were found outside after curfew.)
Buddhism is not the main religion in Korea. Many years ago, Buddhism and its variants were practiced by most Koreans, but with the influx of Christian missionaries from all of the world, Christianity soon became the numero uno religion. The picture on the right is one of many "Western" religion temples in Pusan.
