My favourite festival

Moon Cake Festival

Malaysia being a multiracial country has many festivals.Hari Raya,chinese new year, deepavali are one of the main celebrations.Regardless of race we celebrate all festivals together with unity.One of the festival I really enjoy is moon cake festival.Actually, is also known as the Mid-Autumn Festival and Moon Cake Festival, traditionally it marked the end of the harvest season. The reason why I enjoy the festival is because ut is one of a festival that is celebrated well in my residential area.Regardless whether we were Chinese or not all of is will gather to celebrate the lantern festival. The lantern festival is actually celebrated on the 15th day of 8th month of Chinese Calendar each year.

The best bit about the festival is of course what you get to eat. The round mooncakes are sweet or savoury and often given by younger Chinese to their seniors as an attempt to gain favour. Eating mooncakes in the market place is a delight; biting through crunchy pastry into red beans, ham or creamy egg yolk. Some are also sweet with chocolate and cinnamon flavours. Others have a distinctly Malaysian twist with pandan leaves and durian inside

While you may not be surprised that mooncakes are round, their shape represents the unity of the family to the Chinese. So in Malaysia the Chinese celebrate the festival with family gatherings and prayers.