Fanning flames of festivity


(Front row) Yeoh (centre), Cheah (third right) and other Hokkien Kongsi trustee members posing for a photograph after the press conference at the Ban Ka Lan Snake Temple in Bayan Lepas, Penang. — LIM BENG TATT/The Star

THE annual flame-watching ceremony and festival to celebrate Chinese New Year will be held at the Ban Ka Lan Snake Temple in Bayan Lepas, Penang, on Saturday or the fifth day of the Lunar Calendar.

Held for the seventh year, the celebrations from 6pm onwards will feature performances and activities such as eight lions performing on stilts and forming a pyramid, special Dragon and Snake dances and warrior drums performance.

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