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October 2, 2009
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Festivals
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Mid-Autumn Festival carnivals to be held
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lantern exhibition
Light show: A lantern exhibition featuring the East Asian Games mascots will run until November 1 at the Cultural Centre Piazza.

To celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival the Leisure & Cultural Services Department will present lantern carnivals, exhibitions and a design exhibition.

 

Carnivals will be held at Tin Shui Wai Park and Ginza Square on October 2, at Victoria Park on October 3, and at Sha Tin Park and Sha Tin Town Hall Plaza on October 4.

 

The highlight of the three carnivals will be Chinese arts performances by the Yunnan Wenshan Zhuang & Miao Autonomous Prefecture National Song & Dance Ensemble, and Hebei Acrobatics Group.

 

A lantern exhibition featuring the East Asian Games mascots and the nine participating countries and regions will run until November 1 at the Cultural Centre Piazza.

 

The exhibition runs until October 4 on the West Kowloon Waterfront Promenade and features an enchanting garden with lanterns of glittering flowers.

 

An exhibition featuring the winning designs and all entries of the 2009 Mid-Autumn Lantern Design Competition will be held at City Hall until October 3.