Moon Festival
The Moon Festival, originally a harvest festival, celebrates the beauty of the moon, which is largest and brightest at this time of the year. It is a family festival where families get together, exchange gifts and eat traditional dishes.
As a German School in Vietnam, the IGS would like to celebrate the moon festival with the students and also celebrate the traditional Vietnamese cultural heritage.
This year the children in the U6 section met online for a small tea ceremony in the morning circle, and presented each other their mooncakes, which were lovingly prepared and decorated by their parents. Many children proudly wore their Ao Dai to celebrate the day.
In the afternoon, the children listened to the story of Chu Cuoi, how he found the tree with the magic leaves and how he ended up flying it to the moon. And if you look closely, you can spot him and the tree on the moon.
The festival was also celebrated in primary school: First the legend “The man in the moon” was told. A good party also needs decoration and music. Therefore class 3 made beautiful lanterns and danced to the song “Party on the Moon”.
In classes 5 and 6, the students animated a dragon dance and made traditional fruit sculptures from various fruits. After these works of art were photographed, the artists were allowed to eat the sculptures.
In classes 5 and 6, the students animated a dragon dance and made traditional fruit sculptures from various fruits. After these works of art were photographed, the artists were allowed to eat the sculptures.
Classes 3, 4 and 5 have been experimenting with bringing the moon festival alive! Our younger students projected shadows and told stories with puppets, while class 5 created a multicolour stop motion animation – inspired by a 129 year old performance called the Serpentine dance!
