Mid-Autumn Lantern Parade, Mooncake & Lantern Making Workshop

Mid-Autumn Festival is just around the corner, we were glad that recently we joined the join the kids from Yayasan Chow Kit (YCK) and Touching Lives Club Kuala Lumpur & Selangor for mooncake and lantern making then followed by the  lantern parade. There were more than 150 shoppers and tourists joined the fun and colorful lantern parade also.

Mid-Autumn Lantern Parade, Mooncake & Lantern Making Workshop

The mall created a platform to promote Malaysian-Chinese culture by organizing Sunway Putra Mall’s first ever Lantern Parade, as well as a ‘reunion’ to promote racial harmony.

Lantern making workshop for the children from Yayasan Chow Kit

Shortly before the parade starts, the 100 children from the charity homes were treated to hone their artistic skills on mooncake and lantern making workshop followed by a dinner treat at Manhattan Fish Market. The children, age ranging between 7 to 12 years old, could not contain their excitement when they arrive at Selera Street, as they were about to start making their own crafts to celebrate the Mid-Autumn festive and for some, it’s their first time.

Mooncake making workshop for the children by Touching Lives Club

The event started with the lantern and mooncakes making workshop at Level 4 the Selera Street both running simultaneously. I tried to make my own mooncakes too. Mine is the snow skin. Have you tried making your own mooncakes before?

The children were treated to dinner at Manhattan Fish Market

The children from the homes ranging between 7 to 12 years old were very excited making their own crafts to celebrate the Mid-Autumn festive and for some it’s their first time. Then followed by the dinner at Manhattan Fish Market before we adjourned to the Lantern Parade.  

Lantern Parade at Sunway Putra Mall

The founder of Touching Lives Club, Mr Raymond Chin was glad that the initiative to gather public and other races together as one came to reality. ‘This Mid- Autumn festival is the second biggest celebration for the Chinese. On this day, the moon is fuller and brighter and stands as a symbol of harmony and unity. We love this festive as much as the others. It resembles very much of who we are. A community who looks forward to building up community spirit and racial harmony” said Chin.

Sharing Festives & Instilling Love Culture at Sunway Purta Mall

After the Lantern Parade we were treated to a mooncake galore and Sunway Putra Mall donated 300 lanterns to the charity homes to decorate their houses. The mascots from The Parenthood and Mr DIY also appeared adding cheer to the kids. Create lasting memories this Mid-Autumn and celebrate the reunion of family and friends while spreading cheer, you can also enjoy the delectable choices of mooncakes from Swensen, Haagen-Dazs, Cold Storage and even Durian Mooncake by Durian King.

For more information about Mid-Autumn Lantern Parade, Mooncake & Lantern Making and Sharing Festives & Instilling Love Culture, please contact 03-2786 9333 or visit Sunway Putra Mall website at www.sunwayputramall.com