It's a full moon in the 8th lunar month ...... celebrated all around East/South-East Asia !
That means it's Tet Trung Thu
......almost as important as Tet itself .... Think of it as the Asian equivalent of Thanksgiving......but much more fun......because we have LION DANCES......
And Yes....it's also supposed to bring Good Luck for the next year ;-)
While Nhat is on the village road directing the performing troupe, I walk over to Choi's.....His Zalo is deactivated !???? .....I tell Hoa that the troupe will be arriving at 14:15.
But none of the Choi family shows up....!???
At least a lot of neighbours are attracted by the drumming !
I was napping while Nhat put the 500k Lucky Money and after the performance is done, I fall asleep again..... wtf?
16:00
I reheat 1/3 of Monkey Mother food.....don't feel like eating but I have to....
Choi whistles from his nhauing place and waves me over.....we fix the Zalo issue with the help of the most gorgeous skinny guy with the most yummy chest.....They feed me grilled halibut (way too salty) with a chili dipping sauce (way too spicy ;-)
But I have a sinus cold and feel crappy, so I leave soon....need to lay down again.
There is more dragon dance drumming behind my house.. It's the mother of Nhat's wife who hired them..... I'm slightly envious because her spectator crowd is larger than mine was.....LOL....but I'm just starting to get the hang of it..... Now I've had lion dances in my house for Tet Trung Thu
for every one of the last FOUR years ;-)
