AXIS Winter Festival!
2022 AXIS World Winter Festival!
Our teachers and students are happy to share with you simple video clips from inside their classrooms!
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Join us for our AXIS Family-Teacher Socials
(for Parents & Children*)
Thursday, February 10 6:30pm via Zoom!
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*Parents should join their child on Zoom for this social.
AXIS Spirit at Home: LUNAR AND CHINESE NEW YEAR - Year of the Tiger!
Did you know?!
- Lunar and Chinese New Year are a 15-day celebration bringing family and friends together to celebrate and wish for prosperity, joy, and good fortune for the new year.
- 20% of the world celebrates Lunar New Year, (that is approximately 1,500,000,000 people!), in China (where it is called Chinese New Year) and outside of China (where it is called Lunar New Year in Korea, Vietnam, Indonesia, Malasia, and others).
- There is never a set date for the festival, and it is based off of the lunar calendar.
- Also referred to as Spring Festival.
Foods to Enjoy:
- Tangyuan - “soup balls” but it sounds like reunion when said
How To Make Black Sesame Glutinous Rice Dumplings (Tang Yuan) | Chinese American Family - Nian gao - a rice cake that symbolizes success each year
Nian Gao Recipe | Food Network Kitchen | Food Network - Fa gao - prosperity cake
Chinese Fa Gao (Fortune Cake) | China Sichuan Food - Traditional Pork Dumplings
How To Make Traditional Pork Dumplings | Chinese American Family
Watch this traditional Dragon Dance from Hong Kong
Arts & Crafts:
Dragon Puppet - perfect for younger crafters
Easy Paper Lantern
Good Luck Banner
More resources:
-21 Things You Didn’t Know About Chinese New Year – Chinese New Year
-How to Celebrate Chinese New Year (2021) | Chinese American Family
AXIS Spirit at Home: KIDS' CARNIVAL
Did you know?!
- Carnival started as a festival to celebrate spring in ancient Egypt, and then was adopted by the Greeks and Romans. It eventually became intertwined with Christianity, prior to the fasting of lent.
- Carnival is celebrated in more than 50 countries on three continents: Europe, South America, and North America.
- It is considered a worldwide party packed with cultural traditions.
- Rio de Janeiro's Carnival is recorded as the largest carnival in the world as per Guiness Book of World Records.
Foods to Enjoy:
- Pao de Queijo (cheese bread)
https://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/food-network-kitchen/pao-de-queijo-3364982 - Pfannkuchen (German Carnival Donuts)
Berliner Pfannkuchen - Germanfoods.org - Carnival King's Cake (La Galette de Roi Tradition in Louisiana and France)
Watch this Samba video from BBC’s Strictly Come Dancing and a video from Rio’s 2005 Carnival with an English narrator.
Host your own indoor Carnival “street party” with these ideas:
1. Create a theme for your party
1. Create a theme for your party
2. Consider costumes and/or masks
3. Set the mood with some music
4. Have fun! Take pictures and/or videos. Share them with AXIS.