Mid-Autumn@Pek Kio Market

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Deepavali Celebration @ Little India

Deepavali in Sanskrit means 'rows of lights'. So it is quite apt to call Deepavali the 'Festival of Lights'.

There are several legends which explain why lamps are lit during Deepavali. But there seems to be a common theme about these legends: good will eventually overcome evil. So by lighting lamps during Deepavali, Hindus celebrate the victory of light over darkness.

It's a time to drop bad habits and bring on the good. It's a time to let knowledge triumph over ignorance. It represents the dawn of good things to come.

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Mid-Autumn Celebration @ Chinatown

The Mooncake or Mid-Autumn festival falls on the fifteenth day of the eighth month of the lunar calendar, when the moon is at its maximum brightness for the entire year, the Chinese celebrate "zhong qiu jie." Children are told the story of the moon fairy living in a crystal palace, who comes out to dance on the moon's shadowed surface. The legend surrounding the "lady living in the moon" dates back to ancient times, to a day when ten suns appeared at once in the sky. The Emperor ordered a famous archer to shoot down the nine extra suns. Once the task was accomplished, Goddess of Western Heaven rewarded the archer with a pill that would make him immortal. However, his wife found the pill, took it, and was banished to the moon as a result. Legend says that her beauty is greatest on the day of the Moon festival.

Of course, the most famous legend surrounding the Moon festival concerns its possible role in Chinese history. Overrun by the Mongols in the thirteenth century, the Chinese threw off their oppressors in 1368 AD. It is said that mooncakes - which the Mongols did not eat - were the perfect vehicle for hiding and passing along plans for the rebellion. Families were instructed not to eat the mooncakes until the day of the moon festival, which is when the rebellion took place. (In another version plans were passed along in mooncakes over several years of Mid-Autumn festivals, but the basic idea is the same).

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Songs of the Sea @ Sentosa

In conjunction with Hari Raya and Mid-Autumn festival, Owen RC organised an outing to Sentosa in the evening of 24 September 2009 to view "Songs of the Sea" musical water jets and lasers performance.

130 residents had participated in this festive outing.

Songs of the Sea brings you a mesmerising show featuring pyrotechnics, water jets, brilliant lasers, capturing music and other dramatic effects.

Admission: S$10.00 per person
Opening Hours: 7.40 pm and 8.40 pm daily.
Getting there: From Vivo City board Sentosa Express to Beach Station.

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