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Saturday’s Mid-Autumn Moon Festival filled the Children’s Discovery Museum in downtown San Jose with festive activities for children to participate in.

It also created an outlet for young children to explore and learn about Chinese and Vietnamese cultures.

Considered the second biggest holiday in Chinese and Vietnamese cultures on the lunar calendar, the Mid-Autumn Moon Festival marks a time of harvest, reunion and celebration among Southeast Asian cultures.

The San Jose event, one of nine cultural events hosted annual by the Children’s Discovery Museum, highlighted where Chi

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