Celebrating Dragon Boat Festival
Don't miss this opportunity to immerse yourself in the rich cultural traditions of the Dragon Boat Festival with our free hands-on workshop, featuring zongzi making, origami paper rice dumplings, Chinese Shadow Play, and Yangko Dance.
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1-day workshop
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Auckland
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Overview
Join us for an immersive and hands-on workshop to celebrate Dragon Boat Festival, also known as Duanwu Jie (端午节) in Mandarin Chinese!
About the course
When:
Sunday 11 June 2023
10am - 3pm
Where:
Room 201A, A Block, 74 Epsom Avenue, The University of Auckland Epsom Campus, Auckland (free parking on site)
This traditional Chinese holiday, celebrated on the fifth day of the fifth month of the Chinese calendar, is marked by dragon boat races and the delicious sticky rice dumplings called zongzi.
In this workshop, you will have the opportunity to further enhance your understanding of this cultural festival and gain practical classroom ideas. You'll learn how to make zongzi (粽子), the traditional sticky rice dumplings, as well as origami paper rice dumplings. You'll also have the chance to create Chinese Shadow Puppets (皮影) and experience Shadow Play (皮影戏), a traditional Chinese art form. In addition, you'll learn Yangko Dance (秧歌), a Chinese folk dance that adds vibrancy to the celebrations.
This workshop is available at no cost and open to provisionally and fully registered teachers who are currently teaching Chinese, as well as those who are interested in teaching Chinese at Primary, Intermediate, and Secondary Schools in the near future.
Tui Tuia | Learning Circle Languages is funded to provide professional learning for provisionally and fully registered Primary, Intermediate and Secondary teachers throughout Aotearoa New Zealand.
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