New York, NY (Oct 2nd, 2009) – AsianinNY.com, New York’s leader in Asian networking and a multi-cultural sharing site, will host a Harvest Moon Festival event on Oct 9th 2009 from 7pm to 10pm at Bennett Media Studio (723 Washington St., NY) to raise funds for Typhoon Morakot victims. On August 8th, 2009, Taiwan suffered from Typhoon Morakot, which caused the loss of hundreds of lives and millions of dollars in damages. The Moon Festival Event will be dedicated to friends and families whose lives have been altered by this tragedy, and a celebration of the Mid-Autumn Festival. Many amazing performers will be featured including singer Ai Gao, performer/songwriter Ayesha Adamo, music producer Ed Bennett, singer/dancer Cher Jia Sun, talk show host/singer Dusty Wright and spoken word artist Kelly Tsai will take part in this charity event to help with the fundraising for the reconstruction of Taiwan. The 2008 Koan J. Baysa Award Recipient New-York based Chinese artist Yu Zhang will also present an exhibition of her new series of oil paintings during this event.

The Moon Festival, also known as the Mid-Autumn Festival, is a popular harvest festival celebrated by Chinese, Koreans, Vietnamese and many Asian communities; it is also sometimes referred to as the Lantern Festival or Mooncake Festival. The Moon Festival is a date that parallels the autumn and spring Equinoxes of the solar calendar, when the moon is supposedly at its fullest and roundest, and is one of the two most important holidays in the Chinese calendar. Traditionally, on this day, family members and friends will gather to admire the bright mid-autumn harvest moon, and eat moon cakes together. In a way, the Moon Festival is considered Asian’s Thanksgiving Day.

Seeing the recent tragedy of Typhoon Morakot and embodying a sense of strong global awareness, AsianinNY.com urges its members, partners and friends to jointly organize this charitable and social networking event to assist in rebuilding after the damage of Typhoon Morakot and to share the love between all Asian communities as well as everyone who is interested in Asian culture. The goal of AsianinNY is to facilitate connections and provide a platform for social networking. There is nothing harder than entering a new city or culture without a helping hand. This is a site for everyone who loves and wants to understand more about the Asian culture even if one is not Asian. AsianinNY is continuously active in charitable activities and cultural events.

The Moon Festival event would not have happened without the generous contributions from our sponsors: Izze, Kissena Liquor, Lucullen, Noyu Tea, China1 Antique Restaurant and Lounge, LittlePaw Skateboards and also the continued support from our media partners: Bennett Media, CultureCatch, dodoModels, PhatGuru, ORIENTED, and 247Feature.com.

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For media coverage:
http://bignews.biz/?id=817059&keys=networking-culture-fundraiser-festival

http://www.phatguru.com/?p=10065

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