At a festival to celebrate the light of a full moon, the joy felt dimmed as residents of Chinatown once again turned to expressing outrage over the proposed arena and the mayor's endorsement of it.

“It’s a time for Chinatown as a community to really come out, see each other, celebrate this wonderful, precious community,” said Cinthya Hioe, communications manager at Asian Americans United, the non-profit that organized the event for the 29th year. Hioe said about 300 volunteers helped coordinate the event.

Festival in Chinatown took on a special significance this year as the community fights the development of a controversial arena. Madeline Wright reports.

Press release from the Chinatown group(s) fighting the Sixers arena: TODAY 2PM: Save Chinatown Coalition Emergency Action and Press Conference on Mayor Parker Announcement Supporters will light up City Hall with lanterns,