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Title: 中秋节 Moon Festival 2013!
Post by: Akima on 18 Sep 2013, 21:22: September 19th is Moon Festival (AKA Mid-Autumn Festival).

祝你和你的家人中秋快乐!

Best wishes to everyone! Don't eat too many mooncakes!
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Post by: ~~GarandMarine~~ on 19 Sep 2013, 00:53: And it's International Talk Like A Pirate Day! Have some rum with yer mooncake scallywags!
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Post by: Barmymoo on 19 Sep 2013, 10:33: What do you do on Moon Festival? I know that in South Korea, people give each other gifts of Spam (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-24140705).
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Post by: Blue Kitty on 19 Sep 2013, 10:39: Animal Crossing gave me a bundle of wheat
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Post by: ~~mustang6172~~ on 19 Sep 2013, 18:53: Quote from: Barmymoo on 19 Sep 2013, 10:33
What do you do on Moon Festival? I know that in South Korea, people give each other gifts of Spam (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-24140705).

Fun fact: I initially read that as "gifts of sperm."
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Post by: ~~Valdís~~ on 20 Sep 2013, 00:49: Quote from: Akima on 18 Sep 2013, 21:22
September 19th is Moon Festival (AKA Mid-Autumn Festival).

Merry Moon Festival! Only a few days from the Autumnal Equinox, too! :-)

(http://i.imgur.com/dnj1ZPm.jpg)
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Post by: Akima on 20 Sep 2013, 05:37: Quote from: Barmymoo on 19 Sep 2013, 10:33
What do you do on Moon Festival?
Give mooncakes to family and friends, eat mooncakes, visit family, display paper lanterns. Spam plays no part...
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Post by: jwhouk on 20 Sep 2013, 06:59: I see "moon cakes" and I keep thinking, "moon pies".

And dear Lord - 1,000 calories a cake????
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Post by: Carl-E on 20 Sep 2013, 07:31: Yum!

And I know I did this at least once before, but...
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Post by: Akima on 20 Sep 2013, 18:57: Quote from: jwhouk on 20 Sep 2013, 06:59
And dear Lord - 1,000 calories a cake????
A mooncake is not a cake in the Western sense. It is a pastry case filled with a sweet paste, usually made from red beans or lotus seeds. The paste is made with lots of sugar and oil, so it is very calorific.
(http://www.ebeijing.gov.cn/feature_2/Traditional_Fesitival/Mid_A_Festival/Cuisine_MA/W020090213620723229181.jpg)
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Post by: ~~GarandMarine~~ on 21 Sep 2013, 01:31: Red bean paste baked goods and sweets... *drools a little*

Mmm you got me hungry now.
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Post by: J on 21 Sep 2013, 05:33: indeed. i need to see if i can find anyplace in my town that has those.
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Post by: Redball on 21 Sep 2013, 07:56: Quote from: Valdís on 20 Sep 2013, 00:49
Quote from: Akima on 18 Sep 2013, 21:22
September 19th is Moon Festival (AKA Mid-Autumn Festival).

Merry Moon Festival! Only a few days from the Autumnal Equinox, too! :-)

Valdis, where did the image come from? I love the glow. It makes me glow too.
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Post by: pwhodges on 21 Sep 2013, 15:15: I think this here (http://solstafirtpr.deviantart.com/art/Hati-ok-Skoll-304942100) is the source. It's Sköll and Hati chasing the sun and the moon, and they catch them at Ragnarök (more (http://religion.wikia.com/wiki/Sköll)).