The moon show โTsukimiโ is a Japanese festival to the honor of the harvest moon. Emoji shows the traditional ceremony with Japanese pampas grass, Dango (Japanese dumpling), and the moon in the background.
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Emoji History
Development of the emoji in the Unicode lexicon
First included
The emoji โMoon viewing ceremonyโ was approved as part of Unicode 6.0 in 2010 and added to Emoji 0.6 .