Elder Park was alive again with the sights, sounds and tastes of Asia. A host of multi cultural Asian performers were on the centre stage, various food stalls sold a range of speciality dishes from their country of origin and thousands of people gathered together to celebrate The Moon Lantern Festival.
The performances on the big stage started at 3.30pm. Various performers from Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Vietnam, India, China and some other Asian countries took turns at amazing the audience. There was also a special performance from the Shangdong Performing Art Troupe. Shangdong Province in China is the home of Confucius and has been Adelaide's sister city for 25 years.
This year, we enjoyed the festival with my father in law and my classmate, Vinh and her husband. We visited each tent taking in all the cultural demonstrations and checked out all the food stalls before we decided what we would have for dinner. So many choices always makes it hard to choose.
Even though the weather was not very pleasant, a lot of people still came to enjoy the atmosphere. I felt so sorry for those who had to wear their costumes without wearing a jacket.
As the sun set, school children, their parents, teachers and community groups paraded with traditional
and contemporary hand‐made lanterns that lit up Elder Park celebrating the beauty of the full moon.
The festival closed with fireworks display.
This year we were honoured with a gift of Moon cakes from our friends at the Dang Pharmacy...thanks Mia!
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