300 join Ponggal do in Sepang

Breaking of clay pots was one of the traditional games played at the Ponggal festival in Taman Sepang Putra. -SS KANESAN/The Star

WHILE many of their neighbours were celebrating Chinese New Year, some 300 residents of Taman Sepang Putra in Sungai Pelek, Sepang took the opportunity to hold a Ponggal festival.

Sepang Municipal Council (MPSepang) councillor Vijayarany Arumugam said it was the first time in seven years that they were celebrating the Tamil harvest festival on such a big scale.