Excited Insects
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Issue Date
2011-04-06Author
Hacker, Randi
Publisher
Center for East Asian Studies, University of Kansas
Type
Recording, oral
Is part of series
Postcards from Asia;0222
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https://audioboom.com/posts/879351-0222-excited-insects?playlist_direction=reversedMetadata
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Broadcast Transcript: In America, we don't celebrate bugs nearly enough. I mean, when was the last time you were happy, really happy to see a bug, spiders included? Be honest. I thought so. We might not necessarily kill them when we see them but not killing them doesn't actually count as true celebration. Now, China. There's a country that knows how to make a bug feel good. Bugs have their very own holiday in the Chinese calendar. It's called the Feast of the Excited Insects and it falls on March 5th. Celebrated in Korea, too, it marks the day when insects awaken from their long winter subterranean snooze. But it's more than just bug reawakening that's being celebrated here: it's nature's reawakening. It's spring and so the excited insects are welcomed with open hearts. And open mouths. They eat bugs in China too but that's the subject of another Postcard. #ceas #china #hacker
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This is one of hundreds of 60-second radio spots created by the Center for East Asian Studies (CEAS) for Kansas Public Radio (KPR). The purpose of this outreach program is to introduce the people of Kansas to the culture and current issues of East Asia.
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