MID-YEAR FESTIVAL – TẾT ĐOAN NGỌ

As a tradition, every year we celebrate the Mid-Year Festival (Tết Đoan Ngọ). The Mid-Year festival is held to catch insects, destroy pests that harm crops, and pray for a bountiful harvest. One of the must-have dishes at the festival is a Floating Rice Cake: made from glutinous rice flour filled with green bean paste, and served with a sweet soup… A delicious taste.

Aurora children were invited to join a workshop to make a special treat for this festival: Floating cake or Bánh Trôi Nước. And children were very excited for it. Colorful, soft rice dough and small balls of green bean were prepared for you by our kitchen. Some of you joined straight away to make colorful balls of floating cakes. Some of you were interested in the fruits and special traditional herbs with roots, stems, and leaves on the tables. You were rolling big and small balls and transporting them onto the tray that we took to the kitchen to boil.

Aurora hopes all children have had a lovely time on Tết Đoan Ngọ this year. We believe that environment and community play a crucial role in educating children. As we are living in Vietnam, we encourage children to discover and gain an understanding of the Vietnamese culture in a supportive and rich learning environment. Celebrating important festivals is what we love here.