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Events

List of events that the ABC Club will organize in the Aug 2019 – May 2020 academic year

1. Mid-Autumn Festival (September 2019)

The Mid-Autumn Festival is held on the 15th day of the eighth month in the Han calendar—essentially the night of a full moon—which falls near the Autumnal Equinox

Chinese lanterns hung in rows by wires. The lanterns are light up agains the light sky.

 

2. Lunar New Year (January 2020)

Lunar New Year is the Chinese festival that celebrates the beginning of a new year on the traditional lunar calendar. The festival is usually referred to as the Spring Festival in mainland China, and is one of several Lunar New Years in Asian countries.

A Chinese dragon boat at night, lit up and reflected in the watre.

 

3. Speaker Series

 

4. Networking BBQ with Fuqua ABC (Fall 2019 – Mod 1)

Meat and veggie kebabs roasting on a grill.

 

5. Hanami Festival (April 2020)

Also known as the ‘Cherry Blosson Festival”, the Hanami festival is a long-standing Japanese tradition of welcoming spring.

Two Japanese woman in colorful, traditional dress walking away from the photographer over a bridge with red railings. In the background, there are cherry blossoms.

 

6. Holi/Water Festival

Holi The Festival Of Color in the Indian subcontinent, that celebrates the victory of good over evil and a celebration of the arrival of spring and harvests to come. It’s the festival of colors, emotions, and happiness.

A crowd of people celebrate Holi by tossing colored powders at each other. All the people int he crowd have multiple colors all over them.