For ongoing events, click on our Ongoing Events link. Moon cake made of rice, chestnuts, and fruit is the traditional holiday food eaten on the eve of Chusok. This marks the day in 1945 of the surrender of Japan, ending WWII, and the creation of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam.
Many people have a picnic dinner at night to enjoy the moon.
This celebrates the harvest moon with lantern processions and trips for children. Moon cake and candy are also eaten. Unlike other areas of South America, the region now known as Brazil was colonized by the Portuguese in 1500 led by explorer Pedro Alvares Cabral. I. He was succeeded by his son Pedro II in 1831, who until his death in 1889 led the developement of Brazil as a modern nation. The day honoring Confucius is celebrated on the anniversary of his death in the People's Republic of China.