除了靜態展覽和營隊之外，亞洲協會也定期舉辦「超級星期六」，大部分落在每個月的第二個星期六。在這些日子，亞洲協會用心安排適合親子一同參與的活動，讓大小朋友可以實際操作並帶成品回家。每次的超級星期六主題皆不盡相同，今年先前曾主辦的主題有和太空、伊朗納吾肉孜節、伊斯蘭文化等有關，這次則剛好是台灣特色體驗。
從攤位佈置便能看出主辦單位的用心。正中央擺設一個布袋戲舞台，表演英文版布袋戲；四周有紙傘的塗鴉、花布圖樣、香包製作、台灣縣市特色介紹。
我們協助的攤位是紙蝴蝶和紙龍舟的製作。蝴蝶是台灣代表性昆蟲之一，高雄茂林的紫蝶幽谷可說是舉世聞名，為少見的越冬型蝴蝶谷；龍舟則呼應到我們前一天分享的主題，算是近期最重要的東方節慶。有些小孩在製作龍舟的過程中不是很有耐性，口紅膠怎麼黏都黏不上去，我只能好言相勸鼓勵他、說服他繼續完成，或者動手幫他做一個範例。當看到龍舟成形時，每一個小孩都咧嘴笑了出來。
Day 6 June 14 Super Saturday: Experiencing Taiwan
In addition to the static exhibitions and camps, the Asia Society also organizes regular “Super Saturday,” most of which fall on the second Saturday of each month. On these days, the Asia Society arranges parent-child friendly activities so that children and adults can get hands-on and take home a finished product. Each Super Saturday has a different theme, and this year’s event featured themes related to space, Nowruz, and Islamic culture, while this year’s event featured Experiencing Taiwan.
The organizer’s dedication can be seen from the booth layout. In the center of the booth, there was a stage for performing the English version of the Poo Poo Show, surrounded by graffiti of paper umbrellas, patterns of flowers and fabrics, the making of scented buns, and an introduction of the characteristics of Taiwan’s counties and cities.
The booths we helped with were paper butterflies and paper dragon boats. Butterflies are one of Taiwan’s representative insects, and the Purple Butterfly Valley in Kaohsiung’s Maolin is world-famous for its rare overwintering butterflies, while the dragon boat echoes the theme we shared the day before, which is one of the most important oriental festivals in recent memory. Some of the children were not very patient in the process of making the dragon boat and could not stick the lipstick glue on, so I could only encourage and persuade them to continue, or make an example for them. When we saw the dragon boat taking shape, every child was grinning from ear to ear.
