Harumatsuri, an annual Japanese festival celebration for the arrival of spring, was held by Baylor’s Japanese Student Association Friday night on Fountain Mall and featured traditional games, crafts and food stalls, as well as traditional performances. The evening served as a reminder for attendees to embrace new cultures with curiosity to foster better cultural understanding among the Baylor and Waco communities.
Browsing: Spring Festival
The come-and-go event offered free food and boba tea while students rotated between activity tables decorated in Spring Festival elements. Students participated in traditional games and learned about the meaning behind Lunar New Year customs and symbols.
In the United States, we celebrate the new year for one day and then move on. However, in China, the New Year lasts for much longer than that.
Chinese New Year, or “Spring Festival” as it’s called in China, is a 15-day celebration that starts with the new moon on the first day of the new year and ends with the full moon 15 days later.
