By Eleanor Wilson
Saturday 10 September was a significant day for Berwick’s local Chinese community, as they celebrated the Mid Autumn Festival – the second most commemorated festival on the lunar calendar.
For JNU Chinese Language & Culture School and Casey Friendship Association, the Mid-Autumn Festival was marked by a day of festivities at Berwick College on Sunday 11 September.
Singing, dancing and food were all in abundance as 200 students, staff and guests came together for a celebration of traditional Chinese culture.
Principal of JNU Chinese Langauge and Culture school and president of Casey Friendship Association, Xiu Mei Li, explained that the festival is an occasion wherefamily and friends get together to rekindle old relations, as well as making new ones.
Attendees included the Former People of Australia Ambassador, Mr Chap Chow, former councillors Brian Oates and Sam Afra and a number of Chinese community leaders.
Among the many traditions of the Mid-Autumn festival is the moon cake – a round pastry typically filled with dense lotus seed or red bean paste and a salted egg yolk, which attendees enjoyed alongside a light lunch.
