Mid Autumn Festival or commonly known as Moon cake Festival because moon cake is served or some calls it Lantern Festival as lanterns are made and displayed. Whatever the name is, the festival is getting popular now with many CBOs and NGOs in PJ are having celebration. Celebration held in conjunction with festive season is a good practice of getting community members to gather and chit-chat with each others. It is more meaningful if the gathering can demonstrate to participants on good environmental, cultural or societal practices.
For the past 2 weeks, I attended not less than 6 celebrations organised by the CBOs in PJ. I saw various activities were being organised such as the lantern making contest, best dress contest, lantern parade, cultural shows, drawing contest, moon cake eating contest and etc. The things that caught my attention are the warm atmosphere, active participation and creativity of the residents. I presume while the evolving of feel good spirit because many residents shared the same passion about social gathering and the need for Mid Autumn Festival celebration, active participation was due to the many programmes that interested the people. Not only the children but the adults enjoyed the lantern making contest and the parade.
If we can capitalise on the many Festive seasons we have in Malaysia, perhaps more programmes can be organised, and thus opportunities to enhance greater social cohesion and tolerance. For a multi-ethnic and cultural society of PJ, to get people to come, to understand and to share together is only easy with creativity and openness, and i think Mid Autumn Festival is one of the functions that provides the opportunity. So do the Ramadan, Deepavali etc
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