Moon Festival

CULTURE of tết trung thu

Tết Trung Thu is called for the Moon Festival. This year it is taking place on Thursday 19^th September. The best place in VietNam to observe Tết Trung Thu is Hoi An Ancient Town. Lanterns are hang up along the town, in front of the shops and the River “ Bon” is covered in floating lanterns. However in Ho Chi Minh City, the city people are interested in the lantern street located in Luong Nhu Hoc street – district 5. It has been set up since the Moon Festival 2001 and is becoming famous now. Most of stands have been run by the Chinese people and so it is called “Phố đèn lồng người Hoa” (“ China lantern street”).  Vietnamese people of all ages enjoy walking and taking pictures with various traditional and modern lanterns.

At BIS Year 7 students are making paper lanterns in class , watching a film called “sự tích rước đèn trung thu” (A legend of Lantern Parade)  and learning popular words about the Moon Festival such as Bánh Trung Thu (Moon cakes), Lồng đèn (lantern) , Rước đèn (lantern parade) and Múa lân (lion dance)

Wishing “TRUNG THU VUI VẺ” ( Happy Moon Festival) to everyone!

Mai Le

Vietnamese Department