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Chinese Moon Festival celebrated on Maui this weekend

The Wo Hing Society on Front Street in Lahaina will celebrate the autumn harvest at the Chinese Moon Festival on Friday & Saturday, September 25 & 26, from 10am-8pm. This annual event features cultural activities and presentations and showcases a wide variety of produce grown on Maui via a Maui County Farm Bureau display. You can learn about the history of moon festivals in China, experience a tea garden where samples of organic teas will be poured and watch a Cantonese cooking demonstration. Chinese veggie & chicken dishes and moon cakes will be for sale.

On Sunday September 27th the Maui Historical Society will host a Chinese Moon Festival Celebration at the museum in Wailuku from 10am to 4pm. The event will present a photo exhibit on “Maui Chinese Families in the Early 1900’s” as well as a behind the scenes look at Kung Fu moves associated with the Lion Dance, Chinese cooking demonstrations, a Tai Chi Workshop, Chinese calligraphy, ribbon dance, tea ceremony, Feng Shui, acupuncture, poetry, music and more. Chinese food, Mooncakes and drinks will be available for purchase.

For more details visit:
http://lahainarestoration.org/lahaina-celebrates-island-harvest-at-chinese-moon-festival/
http://www.mauimuseum.org