Low-key dumpling festival


Volunteers making bak chang ahead of Duan Wu Jie in Kampung Baru Balakong in previous years.

In view of the Covid-19 pandemic, many organisers have cancelled their annual celebration of Duan Wu Jie this year.

Duan Wu Jie, also known as the Dumpling or Dragon Boat Festival, is observed on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month.

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