Across the 5Cs, students celebrated the Mid-Autumn Festival by gathering for moon-viewing parties, making shiratama dango and mooncakes, playing mahjong, and drinking tea. This year, the celebrations carried another meaning. With Oldenborg’s closure scattering some of the cultural communities that once formed there, students are finding new ways to recreate spaces where people can gather naturally and feel at home.
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Mid-autumn festival lights up the 5Cs
The Mid-Autumn Festival is a cherished tradition commemorating harvest in many Asian cultures. Held annually on the 15th day of the eighth month of the Chinese lunar calendar, the festival fell on Tuesday, Sept. 17 of the Gregorian calendar this year. Students across the 5Cs gathered to celebrate, participating in
Here’s how to celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival this weekend
The Mid-Autumn festival is traditionally a time meant to spend with family; however, the absence of familial ties in college has driven clubs and organizations to fill the gap by hosting events for students to gather together and celebrate the holiday. The Mid-Autumn festival is celebrated throughout Asia, and different