Rakesh (back row, second left) and Swathi (back row, centre) with their children Mihir (left) and Oreeth (in yellow), joined by Ong (in red) with her daughter Hazel (front row, right). — Photos: LIM BENG TATT/The Star
WHEN children in China first carried lanterns under the harvest moon millennia ago, they could scarcely have imagined that someday, their peers from other cultures would be joining in the tradition.
In multi-cultural Malaysia, such scenes of shared celebrations are common, as seen during the Golden Moon By-The-Sea Mid-Autumn festivities at Penang’s Straits Quay Retail Marina.
