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• Moon cakes are the food of choice on this holiday. These cakes are filled

with sweet-tasting bean paste or with lotus seeds or another filling.

Originally, the Festival was closely connected with making offerings to the

moon god to get a bountiful harvest. Today, most are not moon

worshipers, but the cake is still shaped as a moon for that reason.

• Traditionally, many families of Chinese descent in Malaysia would make

moon cakes of a variety of types, have festive family dinners, and go on

marches while holding up lit Chinese lanterns at night. Today it is much

more common to buy pre-made, packaged moon cakes, although some

people still hunt out traditional hand-made ones.