MID-AUTUMN FESTIVAL (MAF)

Asian Americans United Presents

The 16th Annual Mid-Autumn Festival
Promoting the Culture & Well-Being of Our Community

Saturday, September 10th, 2011 from 12:45 to 6:00 pm
at the China Friendship Gate at 10th and Arch Streets

Please join us for the 16th Annual Mid-Autumn Festival!

Events
12:45 to 6:00 pm
Carnival
Arts Activities
Performances
Enjoy Music, Dance, Tai Chi, Kung Fu, Beijing Opera, Taiko Drumming, and a Mooncake-Eating Contest!

6:00 pm
Dragon Dance, Lion Dance & Lantern Parade through Chinatown!
(Lanterns will be available for purchase)

For more information, please call AAU: Ellen at 215.925.1538 or aau@aaunited.org
如有咨詢， 請與(Betty)呂太太聯絡： 215.569.2600

Co-sponsored by: Folk Arts-Cultural Treasures Charter School
Media support: Chinese Radio

With support from the National Endowment for the Arts, the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, the Philadelphia Cultural Fund, Greater Philadelphia Traditions Fund, and the Philadelphia Folklore Project

Also sponsored by KidzPartners, Philadelphia Corporation on Aging, the Leeway Foundation, Asian Bank, Sang Kee Restaurant, Joy Tsin Lau Restaurant, Chinese Benevolent Association, and Ho Wong Real Estate Investment

Thanks to our supporters: Banana Leaf Restaurant, Conestoga Bank, New China Bookstore/Shanghai Bazaar, Hip Sing Association, On Leong Chinese Merchant Association, Philadelphia Hoyu Chinese American Association, Fujian Association of the Greater Philadelphia Area, Pennsylvania Chinese Senior Citizen Association, Greater Philadelphia Chinese Restaurant Association

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Photo: Dr. Joan May T. Cordova

Every year, thousands of people gather under the full moon to celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival in Philadelphia’s Chinatown. Closing down 10th Street, people gather to reclaim old traditions and establish new ones, and in so doing, assert their right to exist as a community.

AAU’s Mid-Autumn Festival creates a time when people come together in an expression of community pride and collective responsibility. Youth give a day of service, restaurants donate food, artists offer their talents, businesses and organizations chip in money – hundreds of people work together to make the festival our own.

Goals of the Mid-Autumn Festival (Written in 1996)

• To promote Chinatown community unity through cultural reclamation
• To promote pride in Chinese culture and community
• To engage various sectors of the community in support for a community-wide celebration
• To promote intergenerational cooperation

Debbie Wei talks to a grade 3 class at FACTS about Mid-Autumn Festival.

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