Most Americans are familiar with the Pilgrim’s Thanksgiving Feast of 1621, but few realize that it was not the first festival of its kind in North America. Long before Europeans set foot in the Americas, native peoples sought to insure a good harvest with dances and rituals such as the Green Corn Dance of the Cherokees. The first Thanksgiving service …

Vovinam Lion Dancers stood tall in their lion costume during the start of the lantern parade at Saturday’s Mid-Autumn (Trung Thu Together) Festival on Town Field. (Seth Daniel photo) Emcee Minh Phan. (Seth Daniel photo) Lanterns and lions – and a few thousand people – celebrated on Town Field last Saturday (Oct. 4) for the annual Mid-Autumn (Trung Thu Together) …