One of the biggest festivals on the Chinese calendar is set to be celebrated in Whittlesea next month.
The Mooncake or mid-autumn festival is the second biggest festival in Chinese culture, after lunar new year.
It falls on the 15th day of the eighth lunar month, when the moon is at its roundest and brightest.
The Whittlesea Chinese Association will mark the festival with a community event at the Epping Memorial Hall on Saturday, October 7, from 7-9.30pm.
President Regina Leung-Huning said the event, which will be held in partnership with the Vietnamese Women’s Trung Vuong Group, would celebrate the completeness and unity of families.
“The Whittlesea Chinese Association is hoping our joint celebration will welcome even more community groups in the City of Whittlesea to share our culture and tradition in harmony and joy,” she said.
Ms Leung-Huning said that families made and shared mooncakes as part of the festival.
The event will also feature a children’s lantern making workshop and parade.
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