Lantern Festival, China, Asia

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Description
This festival is an opportunity to enjoy lots of sweet treats! Locals celebrate the transition of the seasons and is one of the most important events of the country. Along with the sweets, participants do fire-dragon dances, carry paper lanterns and hang them from towers.

Is call also ''Moon Cake Festival'', because according to the myth, the Chinese Emperor should offer sacrifices to the sun in the spring and the moon in the autumn.

Where
All over China

When
19th September

Information
You can find more information at http://chinatownfestivals.sg/


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