Mid-autumn festival celebration

Members of the UoM node of TMOS recently celebrated the mid-autumn festival. While we enjoyed a wonderful selection of mooncakes, we talked about our cultural backgrounds and how the moon was involved. This included the building of eel traps by the Gunditjmara people in Budj Bim (now a UNESCO Heritage listed site), in the region around a dormant volcano in southwest Victoria. This approach was influenced by the tides and the moon. The role played by the moon in popular culture was also highlighted and the history and culture of Hakka people introduced.