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Join UsNews / Halaman York / 2017 / September 2017
We are glad to see all our children returning healthy and happy from theone week break.
Mooncake Festival is around the corner. The children are looking forward to the upcoming Mooncake festival. This is one of the major celebrations in the Chinese Lunar calendar and is celebrated on the 15th day of the eighth month. Mid-Autumn festival is a family reunion day, the circle of the moon represents family members gathering around each other. But nowadays, most people go out to make a living so it is not easy for many people to be reunited in their hometowns, especially when they are overseas. So, the next best thing is to “lift their heads towards the moon and bow as they think of their hometown.” This festival is known as the Mooncake Festival because a special kind of sweet cake prepared in the shape of the moon and filled with lotus paste is served as a delicacy.
At Nania, we started preparing for the Mooncake festival. The children are painting on a piece of paper in order to make their own lanterns with it. Then, they trace the shapes of the sun, star and moon on their painting. Later, they cut out the shapes they have traced and paste colourful paper over the shapes. To make the handle for the lantern, they have a special way of twirling wool [“gulu-gulu” string].
All the children are practicing for the presentation too. This time we are having a different presentation because our After School Care ‘ge ge’ and ‘jie jie’ are going to join the presentation. It is our first attempt so both parties are practising very hard of. We hope you will enjoy the presentation on that special night. We believe you have heard them sing the mooncake song at home too.
The children are gradually picking the blue flowers from our garden and passing it to Aunty Anny to be used as food dye. During the festival day, children will make their own winter skin mooncake in the morning and colourful origami lanterns to decorate our garden. On that night, we can taste the mooncake, watch the children’s presentation and also participate in the lantern walk with their hand-made lanterns. Everyone will bring back their mooncakes and lanterns on that night.
In Nania, we use candles for story time, birthday and farewells. Candles, as lights on the earth, bring a sense of dignity. Hence, the candle-lit lantern walk offers a beautiful moment of love and cheer.
This festival will be held in the evening in Nania’s garden. Parents and siblings are welcome to join us. On that day, the children will leave for home earlier, that is, at 1.00 pm. They will return to Nania for the Lantern Festival with their families at 6.15 pm.
Please refer to our August newsletter for the programme and song. See you on that wonderful night.
Teacher Chithra and Teacher Kerry