Harvest Moon Festival Research Paper

The Harvest Moon Festival is an Asian holiday that celebrates the union of families and friends while observing the full moon and giving thanks for the harvest. The Asian American Student Association and the Vietnamese American Student Association observe this day and created a festival here, at Oklahoma State University. I enjoyed the festival, even though the festival did get a bit disorganized, you could still tell that the organizations and the audience all had a fun time regardless of the somewhat mediocre talent.
It was a kind of a chilly day. The clouds dressed the sky in a dull white color and the wind made you well aware of its existence. The festival was located in the middle of the International Mall. When my friend and I arrived, …show more content…
Thinking this was a completely Asian festival it threw me off a little bit. One can argue that adding a little bit of American culture to an Asian Festival can make the festival more diverse, but why would you add a culture that already surrounds them? The point of the festival was to try to make Asian Americans feel as though they are connected to the culture they have and make it feel more like the home in the countries they or their ancestors are from. So, this doesn’t really help the stereotype of Americans being self-centered and a bit overbearing in the eyes of some who may are may not be from America.
On the other hand, later on in the festival, my friend became severely uncomfortable. There was a performance of Vietnamese rapping. I could see her get so embarrassed that she turned as red as a lucky red envelope from Lunar New Year. I was not quite sure what they were singing and rapping about at first, I only understood little bits and pieces. Since my friend spoke Vietnamese, I asked her to translate for me. After a little bit here eyes went wide and she laughed hysterically. She would not tell me what they were actually saying, but she told me it had something to do with taking off