1. VSA presents:
F
allin’ Pho You
Second General Body Meeting
Thursday, October 11, 12
2. Ice Breaker!!!
Card matching game.
4 teams.
Each team will get a set of 20 cards.
10 in Vietnamese words and 10 in their
English translation.
The team that matches the most cards in
3 minutes will win!
Winning team gets food first.
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4. khi nao, o dau, va tai sao
(when, where, and why)
Dates back about 15,000-20,000 years
It originated in China.
It was later spread to Korea and Vietnam.
It was created after the harvest season, so
that parents could make up for lost time.
The holiday was centered around
children.
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5. When does it occur??
• It occurs on the fifteenth day of the eighth
month according to the Lunar calendar.
• This is either mid September or early
October in the American calendar.
• This year T Trung thu was on
et
September 30,2o12.
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6. Mua Lan
•The traditional dragon
dance is meant to spread
good health and wealth.
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8. gT hu
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itions
Trad
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9. Banh Trung
• Moon Cake :
• It is filled with lotus seed or bean
paste with or without various nuts,
dried candied fruits (mứt), salty
yolks, and other fillings such as
sausage, chicken or pork.
• The small preserved egg represents
the moon.
• It is rich tasting and has a chewy
texture.
• It is cut into small portions and
shared amongst friends and family.
• As they gaze at the moon, stories are
exchanged over moon cakes and tea.
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10. Banh Trung
• It is custom to exchange
boxes of banh trung thu
as gifts.
• Each cake is a treasured
gift during the holiday.
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11. Den long
“Lantern “
“Đèn kéo quân” which spins
around when a candle is placed
inside, symbolizing the seasonal
spinning of the earth around the sun.
During the night of the festival,
children carry lanterns and parade
around the streets.
The past tradition was to make the
lanterns, but it later became
inexpensive so it was just bought at
local stores and vendors for children.
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12. Yummy Treats for T Trung Thu
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13. Ruoc Den Trung Thu
A famous song :
T trung thu ruoc den di choi.
et
Em ruoc den di khap pho phuong.
Long vui suong voi den trong tay
Em mua ca trong anh trang ram.
Den ong sao voi den ca chep
den thien nga voi den buom buom
em ruoc den nay den cung trang.
Den xanh lo voi den tim tim.
Den xanh lam voi den trang trang
Trong anh den ruc ro muon mau.
Lyrics in English:
At Mid-autumn festival,
walk around with lanterns lit.
Take them all across the town,
singing to the autumn moon.
Lanterns all in different shapes, lantern angel,
lantern dream,
Lantern fish, or lantern star, lantern swan or
butterf ly.
Take my lantern to the sky;
take my lantern to the moon!
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14. Cau chuyen (a story)
• Old folklores were exchanged on this day.
• There were many stories and they each
explained why each tradition and how they
came to be.
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19. Chuc Mung late Tet
Trung Thu!!
Thanks for listening! We hope you learned
something from today’s presentation
-V.S.A
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20. Announcements
are still needed for the Heart of
Vietnam’s Fashion shows!
PLEASE VOLUNTEER!
See Abby Lee for further details
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22. UnPHOgettable shirts are now available!
15 dolla ;)
Contact any E-Board member
Thursday, October 11, 12
23. Sports
VSAFS (Collab with AFS Sports)
corec f lag football team:
1st game: Win 0-32
2nd game: Win 6-22
VSA All men's:
1st game: Loss 2-33
2nd game: Win 20-6
3rd game: 7-12
Kickball tournament:
Disqualified for being too AWESOME!
But we beat the team that we were supposed to
play that same day.
VSA Nguyening Co-Rec Volleyball:
1st game: Loss 0-2
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25. VIDEO GAME NIGHT SOCIAL
Friday, October 12 at
8 PM MSC 3705
VSA and AFS has come together to do a
video night social with your anh/chi/em
and your kuya/ate/ading!
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