The dazzling full moon festival night
- InHung NguyenIn addition to activities at the district's rehabilitation center, the Youth Union, in coordination with schools, organized Mid-Autumn Festival celebrations in all 23 communes and towns, including cultural exchanges and lantern parades under the moonlight. On this occasion, the province and district allocated 100 gifts to particularly disadvantaged children and poor children who have excelled in their studies throughout the province and district.
In the highlandsQuy ChauThe district selected Chau Binh commune as the pilot commune for organizing the Mid-Autumn Festival. For the remaining communes, the district also assigned the Education Department, the Youth Union, and the Department of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs to coordinate with local authorities to organize the event.
Que PhongMany gifts were also given to children in particularly difficult circumstances and poor children who excelled in their studies despite hardship. All communes and towns coordinated with local organizations to prepare gifts and cakes for the Mid-Autumn Festival. In particular, the communes of Que Son, Tien Phong, and Kim Son town ordered star-shaped lanterns weeks before the full moon night to give to the children.
LIVEKy SonBesides treats and snacks, children also get to enjoy the moonlit night with unique lanterns and star-shaped lamps made by the youth union members.
LIVEQuynh LuuAs early as mid-September, the District Department of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs, in coordination with the Youth Union, sent a document to all districts outlining the plan to organize the 2010 Mid-Autumn Festival for children, with the aim of ensuring that all children could enjoy the festival.
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Leaders of Quynh Luu district presented gifts to children from disadvantaged backgrounds. |
Besides dancing, singing, carrying lanterns, and recounting the legend of the Mid-Autumn Festival, the Education Promotion Associations of some localities also coordinated the awarding of prizes to children from poor families who achieved high academic results. This year, the district organized the Mid-Autumn Festival at the Quỳnh Lập Central Leprosy Hospital Treatment Area on the night of the 14th of the lunar month. In addition to celebrating the Mid-Autumn Festival, all the children of leprosy patients received gifts from the district.
The Provincial Vocational Training Center for People with Disabilities has 233 students studying vocational skills and 144 students studying general education. Most of the students live far from home (90% are boarding students). |
- In Nghi Phu commune (Vinh City), in addition to organizing Mid-Autumn Festival celebrations for children in all hamlets, the Youth Union Executive Committee also coordinated with the Red Cross Society of the commune to organize a moon festival night for more than 30 disabled and orphaned children in the area, creating motivation for them to strive for success in their lives, studies, training, and integration into the community.
In other localities, depending on the actual situation, the Youth Union, Youth Association, and Children's Union branches choose appropriate content to organize Mid-Autumn Festival celebrations for children with many rich activities such as: cultural exchanges, storytelling with themes like "Joyful Moon Festival," "Mid-Autumn Festival Remembering Uncle Ho," "The Loving Moon," "Sharing Childhood Dreams"... cooking competitions, traditional cake making, food fairs... Organizing traditional folk games suitable for the region; beautiful lantern contests, floating lanterns; lion dances, dragon dances; fruit platter arrangement and Mid-Autumn Festival decoration contests; giving gifts, savings books, clothes, books, school supplies, and transportation to school for children.
Ms. Nguyen Luong Hong, Chairwoman of the Provincial Youth Union Council, said: The Youth Union and Children's Union at all levels will coordinate with Party committees and authorities at all levels to visit and give gifts to children in localities, especially celebrating the Mid-Autumn Festival with children in difficult circumstances, children with disabilities, children in remote areas, mountainous regions, and ethnic minority communities.
Children in disadvantaged areas will have the opportunity to celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival at school and in their villages, organized by youth union members, teachers, and other community leaders. Units in mountainous regions such as Ky Son, Con Cuong, Quy Chau, and Que Phong have selected ethnic minority villages (Dan Lai, Kho Mu, Mong, O Du, etc.) that still face many difficulties to organize moonlit festivals, allowing children to celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival according to tradition. This also aims to raise awareness among the people about their responsibility to protect, care for, and educate children.
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Lion dance performance during the Mid-Autumn Festival. Photo: Mai Hoa |
This year, the Provincial Youth Union and the Provincial Children's Council decided to choose Tam Hop commune (Tuong Duong district) to organize the provincial-level Mid-Autumn Festival program. Mong ethnic children in Tam Hop will have a particularly meaningful Mid-Autumn Festival with many interesting and beneficial activities such as lantern parades, feasting, playing folk games, cultural and artistic exchanges, watching reenactments of the Mid-Autumn legend, and meeting characters from fairy tales such as the Moon Goddess and the Cowherd.
Thu Huong - Khanh Ly
