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Revellers pack Hong Kong island for bun festival, a century-old tradition
The century-old festival featured costume parades and a midnight tower climb for imitation buns, with contestants competing for the top score.
- On Sunday, the Cheung Chau Bun Festival drew more than 18,000 visitors to Hong Kong's outlying island, who gathered to watch the Piu Sik Parade featuring children carried through narrow lanes on steel frames.
- Rooted in a century-old tradition, the Cheung Chau Jiao Festival originated when residents organized Taoist prayers to deities to end a plague that once devastated the island.
- Children dressed as Middle Eastern oil moguls and TVB judges, including 5-year-old Katelynn Wong, participated in the parade, which featured themes of rising oil prices and transport subsidies.
- Crowds gathered at night for the bun-scrambling competition, where contestants raced up steel Bun Towers to collect plastic Lucky Buns, with the highest total score earning the Full Pockets award.
- Visitors braving 30 degrees Celsius heat fueled local sales, splurging on frozen treats and steamed buns carrying the Chinese characters for "Peace" and "Safety." The festival has become one of Hong Kong's most popular tourist events.
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Video. Climbers race up giant bun tower at Hong Kong’s colourful Bun Festival
Video. Contestants climbed a 14-metre tower covered in thousands of steamed buns during Hong Kong’s annual Bun Scrambling Competition, one of the highlights of the traditional Cheung Chau Bun Festival.
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Revellers pack Hong Kong island for bun festival, a century-old tradition
Hong Kongs iconic bun festival drew throngs of revellers to the densely populated citys outlying island, Cheung Chau, to celebrate a century-old tradition that is rooted in prayers for peace and blessings.Residents and tourists braved the heat to watch children in costumes take part in a parade, called Piu Sik, which translates as floating colours. Children dressed as legendary deities, historic characters or local politicians were carried on st…
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