Today we celebrate a festival popularly known in Malaysia as Mooncake Festival. It is also known as Mid-Autumn festivals for countries that has four seasons. We here in Malaysia only have summer all year round, so mooncake festival it is.
Most years as far as I know the moon is covered by the clouds and today it was pouring and again the moon is hiding herself. But it would not be a mooncake festival post if I don't at least insert an image of the moon so here it is.
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| Full moon sitting on top the Tokyo Tower, Japan |
I took this photo the last time I visited Tokyo Tower and it was a perfect moonlit might with the moon sitting right perfectly on top the Tokyo Tower.
Mooncake festival must of course have mooncake. It come in all sorts of packaging and I think the packaging cost more than the cake themselves.
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| Mooncake packages |
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| Mooncake |
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| Lotus with single egg yolk mooncake |
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| Mocha mooncake |
You have all sorts of typesof moon cake and the above pictures I have shown two types. For the children, the best time of the mooncake festival is the lantern playing time.
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| Lantern set up |
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| The whole neighbourhood join in the fun |
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| Lantern strung up on bushes |
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| Traditional lanterns are still the best |
Even if you don't celebrate mooncake festival, take your partner's hand and go for a romantic stroll under the full moon.
Happy Mooncake Festival to all from Apharock.
Happy Mooncake Festival Day! I received one box from the owner of the lost dog. Haha!
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