Mid-Autumn Festival of the Hindu lunar month of Ashvin (September–October), marking the end of the monsoon season. In Sri Lanka, a full moon day is known as "Poya" and each full moon day is a public holiday. Shops and businesses are closed on these days as people prepare for the full moon. Exteriors of buildings are adorned with lanterns and people often make food and go to the temple to listen to sermons. The "Binara Full Moon Poya Day" and "Vap Full Moon Poya Day" occur around the time of the Mid-Autumn Festival and like other Buddhist Asian countries, the festivals celebrate
What the Moon Brings What the Moon Brings "What the Moon Brings" is a short story by American horror fiction writer H. P. Lovecraft, written on June 5, 1922. This story was first published in "the National Amateur" in May 1923. It is shorter than most of Lovecraft's other short stories, and is essentially a fragment. It is based on one of Lovecraft's dreams (a common technique of his). This story is told in the first person; the narrator is never named. The story describes a surreal dreamscape. The narrator wanders through his garden one night and in the moonlight sees strange and bizarre