Overseas Vietnamese in Singapore enjoy Mid-Autumn Festival

The liaison board of the Vietnamese community in Singapore organised a Mid-Autumn Festival, which is celebrated annually on the 15th day of the eighth lunar month, at the Vietnamese embassy in the island-city state on September 15.

The event, which gathered a large number of Vietnamese people in Singapore as well as international friends, featured various activities imbued with Vietnamese culture such as mask and conical hat painting, making banh deo (sticky rice moon cake), decorating lanterns and making figurines. Participants also enjoyed Vietnamese folk games including tug of war, sack jumping race and bamboo pole dance as well as special art performance and Vietnamese specialties.

Source: Vietnam News Agency

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