Mid-Autumn Festival
September 11, 2003 4:33 PM Subscribe
Tonight, for several Asian cultures, is the Mid-Autumn Festival. People gather to watch the full moon, tell stories, and eat mooncakes. San Francisco Chinatown is holding its own Moon Festival as well.
Thanks, casarkos. It's nice to know what people in other parts of the world will be thinking of when I'm looking at the same full moon as they are (and where I am, it's pretty spectacular tonight).
posted by carter at 7:32 PM on September 11, 2003
posted by carter at 7:32 PM on September 11, 2003
It's called chuseok ('chew-suck') here in Korea, and is one of the two major holidays that are anything like traditional. Everyone, almost, goes to visit their family. The drive down from Seoul to Busan (550 km, one end of the country to the other, basically), which usually takes about 6 hours, can take 12 to 18, thanks to the traffic.
I'm not goin' anywhere.
posted by stavrosthewonderchicken at 8:01 PM on September 11, 2003
I'm not goin' anywhere.
posted by stavrosthewonderchicken at 8:01 PM on September 11, 2003
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