The Mid-Autum Festival or the Moon cake festival is a traditional and popular East Asian holiday. It is a 3000 year old tradition and many people in Asia today still celebrate it like their ancestors did. Moon cake festival falls on the Lunar calendar's Aug 15th each year. This year for the western calendar, Chinese Moon cake festival fell on 22th September 2010
Pada saat festival kue bulan, biasanya kita akan makan kue bulan yang sangat lezat dengan berbagai macam rasa. Kue bulan dapat ditemukan di hampir semua supermarket Asia. Kue bulan banyak macam dan rasanya, tapi yang paling terkenal adalah yang berisi buah teratai dan kuning telur. Kue bulan ini melambangkan kebersamaan dalam keluarga. Biasanya pada saat ini keluarga akan berkumpul untuk makan malam bersama.
At this celebration, traditionally you will get to eat the very delicious moon cake that comes in many different varieties.Moon cakes are available in most Asian supermarkets. It comes in many flavours and one of the most popular versions is the lotus seed paste with an egg yoke centre. Moon cakes symbolize togetherness in a family and usually, all the family dines together.
Sejak tahun 2007 di Adelaide diadakan OZ Asia festival, yaitu pertunjukan kesenian dan kebudayaan yang diadakan oleh komunitas Asia di Adelaide. Festival diadakan selama sekitar 10 hari, salah satu acaranya adalah memperingati Festival kue bulan dengan parade lentera, ini yang pada tahun ini berfokus pada Korea.
Sincee 2007 Adelaide has held the OZ Asia festival. It is an art and culture exhibition held by the Asian community and lasts for 10 days. One of the events on the program, is to celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival with The Moon Lantern Festival. This year The Moon Lantern Festival centred on Korea.
Setiap tahun perayaan diadakan di Elder park, yang terletak di tepi Torrens River. Diharapkan festival ini akan dihadiri oleh lebih dari 10,000 orang.
The festival is traditionally held at Elder Park, located on the banks of Torrens River and draws crowds of over 10,000.
Acara dimulai dari jam 3.30 sore diawali dengan persembahan tari dan permainan alat musik tradisional dari berbagai negara asia seperti, China, Korea dan India.
The festivities start at 3.30pm, with traditional dance and musical instruments from Asian countries, such as China, Korea and India.
Saya sih semangat melihat-lihat stand makanan, siapa tahu ada stand masakan Indonesia. Dan ternyata saya menemukan rendang dan sate. Hm... kayanya enak juga ya.
I am more interested to check the various food stall. who knows there is Indonesian food stall. And looked what I found... I found rendang and satay.. Hm... looks delicious.
Selain stand makanan, ada juga stand-stand lain. Antara lain, stand belajar kaligrafi, belajar melipat origami, belajar memasak juga ada. dan tidak ketinggalan stand meramal nasib.
Besides food stalls, there were also stands hosting such things as calligraphy, origami, cooking, and even fortune telling.
Saya mau beli kue bulan, biar David bisa merasakan juga, tapi kog antriannya panjang sekali ya? Saya antri lebih dari 15 menit, dan pas sampai depan, tinggal 6 kue, 5 rasa durian dan 1 rasa talas. Saya mengambil yang rasa talas karena David tidak suka durian. Harganya mahal juga, satu kue itu AUD$7,-.
I wanted to buy a moon cake for David to taste, but the queue was very long. I queued for 15 minutes and when I got close the front, there was only 6 cakes left. 5 were durian flavoured and 1 was taro. I got the taro flavoured 1 because David doesn't like the durian. One moon cake cost me AUD$7,-, it's so expensive.
Nah, sudah mulai gelap nih. Bulan sudah muncul, sebentar lagi parade lentera akan dimulai.
Night was upon us and the moon was already high in the sky. Soon the lantern parade was to begin.
Lentera-lentera dalam berbagai macam warna dan bentuk ini dibuat sekolah-sekolah dan disponsori oleh beberapa perusahaan.yang berpartisipasi dalam festival . Lentera diarak mengelilingi Elder park diikuti oleh anak-anak sekolah.
The Lanterns, which were in a myriad shapes and colours were made by participating schools sponsored by local businesses and institutions. The Lantern parade moved through Elder Park followed by the students who created them.
Festival ditutup dengan pertunjukan kembang api.
The festival closed with a fireworks display.