Moon Festival

Sunday, 20 October, 9:45 am – 4:30 pm

 

Music, dance, stories, film, workshops and street food for the whole family

 

The Moon Festival, also known as the Mid-Autumn Festival, is celebrated on the full moon day of the eighth month according to the East Asian lunar calendar. It is a family festival where people enjoy moon cakes, give presents to their children, parade through the streets with lunar lanterns, perform dances and contemplate the beauty of the moon on excursions and picnics.

 

Vietnamese artists and associations organize the day at the museum.

 

Workshops (with registration)


9:45 – 10:45 am
Martial Arts

with Tu-Thân Stuttgart e. V.
No fee

 

10:45 – 11:45 am
We Make a Moon Lantern
€ 5 material costs

 

11:45 – 12:15 am
Spirit Cookies

We make cookies from tapioca flour. Children under the age of 8 can participate if accompanied. Please bring along: Tea towel and a container to take the baked goods home with you.
€ 3 food costs


Registration for the workshops until 17 October:

Tel. 0711.2022-444, anmeldung@lindenmuseum.de

Open program (without registration)


10:30 – 11:30 am

Street music
Traditional Vietnamese music with Dan Tranh (string zither)


12 noon – 2 pm
Vietnamese street food market


2 to 4:30 pm
Dances, songs, stories, movies and martial arts

 

The Story of Uncle Cuội and the Fairy Hang Nga
Tran Minh Hai

 

Northen Love, Southern Charm 
Dance group “Die Brücke”


Song about flowers

Group from Göppingen


Martial arts performance

Tu-Thân Stuttgart e. V.

 

Spring Flowers
Dance group from Göppingen

 

Song: Come and Visit Cuội on the Moon
Bich Le and Seven Na

 

The Midday Dream
Dance group „Die Perle“

 

Song: I’m Going to the Full Moon Festival
Group from Göppingen


The Song of Praise to my Beloved Motherland Vietnam

Dance group „Die Brücke“

 

Lion dance
Village drum group

 

Break with the opportunity to learn the lion dance

 

Rice drums
Dance group from Göppingen

 

Song: Golden Fall
Bich Le and Seven Na

 

Two Sides of My Life
Short film by Âni Võ’

 

Let Me Tell You
DNA dance group

 

Songs: Coconuts / Some, Some, Some / Rice Drums
Oi Soy Group

 

Singing together
Please bring lanterns with you!

 

Fee

€ 6/4 incl. admission to the exhibition
(Workshops extra)

Open program (without registration)


10:30 – 11.30 am

Street music
Traditional Vietnamese music with Dan Tranh (string zither)


12 am – 2 pm
Vietnamese street food market


2 to 4:30 pm
Dances, songs, stories, movies and martial arts

The Story of Uncle Cuoi and the Fairy Hang Nga
Tran Minh Hai


North Coast Love Dance
Tanzgruppe aus Mannheim

Song about flowers
Group from Göppingen

Martial arts performance
Tu-Thân Stuttgart e. V.


Dear Motherland

Dance group from Mannheim


Song: Bich Le und Seven Na


Spring Flowers

Dance group from Göppingen

Lion dance
Village drum group

Rice drums
Dance group from Göppingen

Two Sides of My Life
Short film by Âni Võ’


Song: Bich Le und Seven Na´


The Midday Dream

Dance group “Die Perle”

Song: I’m Going to the Full Moon Festival
Group from Göppingen


Dance: A View of the Homeland

Youth dance group from Göppingen


Songs: Oi Soy


Let Me Tell You

DNA dance group

Singing together
Please bring lanterns with you!