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The “Mid-Autumn Festival 2025 – Joy with Children” program attracts a large number of locals bringing their children to experience the festival in a traditional setting.

Children have the opportunity to learn about making the star-shaped lanterns, cardboard masks, lion heads from artisans.

As part of the Mid-Autumn Festival program, the Vietnam Museum of Ethnology is also hosting an art installation space themed “Colors of Autumn” from October 4 to November 4, 2025. This marks the opening event in the series celebrating the 30th anniversary of the museum’s founding (1995–2025).

The program also recreates a traditional Mid-Autumn Festival experience space featuring familiar folk toys such as the pull-along lantern, star lantern, spinning lantern, paper doctoral figurines, tò he figurines (Vietnamese clay toys), papier-mâché masks (made of layered paper pulp), clay figurines, and dough toys.

Visitors have the opportunity to admire traditional toys crafted by senior artisans who have long been associated with the museum, as well as restored and creatively reimagined toys made by young enthusiasts passionate about handicrafts.

Volunteers guide children in making mooncakes (both baked and glutinous rice varieties)

Children enjoy painting papier-mâché masks

Children guided to make tò he figurines from glutinous rice dough

Children enjoy making star-shaped lanterns

Children are guided to create five fruit trays from sticky rice flour.

Diverse folk games are held during the event including di ca kheo (walking on stilts)

The traditional Mid-Autumn Festival 2025 programme brings joy and excitement, especially for children, while helping preserve and promote cultural values.

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