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In 2020, we went from weekly dinners with sixteen people at my grandparent’s place to mandated separation.
“Porpor and I (婆婆和我): the interview” was recorded during lockdown around the Dragon Boat Festival (龙船节). This day typically involves the gathering of family to eat zongzi (粽子) – a glutinous rice dish stuffed with ingredients and wrapped in bamboo leaf.
This phone call between my grandma (婆婆), mum (媽媽) and I (我) speaks to intergenerational language barriers and the dissolution of dining rituals during the pandemic.