Two Festivals and One Parade

I'll begin my 1st November posting by recap some happenings in October that I had not posted. Firstly, Mid-Autumn Festival or the Moon Cake Festival falls on October 3rd and the beauty of this festival to me are the moon cake boxes.I have been collecting the boxes intended for finishing that somehow never got around to doing it. Every year, new box design appeared on the market to lure buyer and you'll get a gift bag to hold them; the whole package is often given as a gift to family and friends . We usually stay at home and savor the moon cakes with Chinese tea but this year it coincide with MIL's birthday and so the family had 4 tables of family and friends at the restaurant

The 2nd Festival for the month in October falls on the 17th is Diwali festival

A Hindu festival that marks the victory of good over evil, and uplifting of spiritual darkness. Symbolically it marks the homecoming of goodwill and faith after an absence, as suggested by the Ramayana.

October 18 marks the begining of the 9 Emperor Gods Festival where devotees normally observed 3 or 9 days of vegetarian. Such festivity normally ends with a parade on the eve of the ninth day, but in Hatyai, Thailand, the parade was held on the eve of the 6th day . Was here last year for the festivity with my MIL, this time I was with Jamis.

The parade, a carnival-like atmosphere pervades the street. Participants in the festival dressed all in white which has come to be translated as abstinence from eating meat, poultry, seafood, and dairy products.

The purpose of this festival, in its simplest terms, is to provide a venue for the annual renewal of cosmic power which rejuvenates human life and allows human conflicts to be resolved.

A bit on crafting for the week that was, the only stitching done is my square for Margaret W's Christmas RR. Wasn't feeling well for the entire week due to a mild sore throat that gave me a mild fever and a cough that followed thereafter. The medication that the doctor prescribed made me drowsy and very sleepy. My Santa design is Project #23159, a freebie from Michaels and I am the last to stitch. On October 30th, Mom had an appointment with her Ophthalmologists, to kill the time while waiting for her at the hospital, I took with me some threads and a tape measure and crocheted this in the waiting room. The second one with arcylic yarns .

The mailman brought me a wonderful mail yesterday. I was RAK by Tracey, from my wishlist. Tracey, thank you so much from the bottom of my heart, the chart arrived with the button intact, thanks for the extra care taken, I appreciate it alot. It gave me something to smile this morning at work after days of sniffing and coughing.

Thank you for visiting, have a happy weekend everyone.