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September 12, 2011 The Mid-Autumn Festival is known as Eighth Moon because it falls of the full moon of the eighth month. It’s also known as Mooncake Day, because billions of mooncakes are prepared for this holiday. (Though billions aren’t necessarily eaten. It’s more like the Chinese holiday fruitcake.) For generations, moon cakes have been made with sweet fillings of nuts, mashed red beans, lotus-seed paste or Chinese dates, wrapped in a pastry. Sometimes a cooked egg yolk can be …Read more 
August 31 Name that country: Until just a few years ago, it was home to the two tallest buildings in the world, the Twin Towers. Its flag boasts over a dozen horizontal red and white stripes and a blue rectangle in the upper left corner displaying certain celestial objects. It won its Independence from Great Britain. (Got it yet? Okay, one more…) Its head of state is the Yang di-Pertuan Agong, and its official religion is Islam. That’s …Read more 
August 14, 2011 August 30, 2012 August 20, 2013 No, not those kind of ghosts. The period of Ghost Month–the seventh month of the Chinese lunar calendar–comes to a climax on Zhong Yuan, the Hungry Ghost Festival, on the eve of the fifteenth day. During Ghost Month the gates of the afterworld open to allow the dead to walk the earth and seek food. Families prepare meals for the departed on Zhong Yuan. Many say prayers and …Read more 
May 30-31 The end of May marks the Malaysian Harvest Festival in Sabah…
“The best time to visit Sabah and experience this occasion is from May 30th to 31st, when the Kadazan and Dusun communities offer thanksgiving for a bountiful harvest. Highlights include a beauty pageant, cultural dances and rituals that culminate in the Thanksgiving ceremony performed by the ‘Bobohizan,’ or high priestess.” http://www.tourismmalaysiausa.com/wtd_fest.asp The padi and rice …Read more |
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