Honouring the departed: Tan (centre, in yellow) and his family members paying respects to their ancestors with an array of dishes and fruits at the Batu Gantong cemetery in Penang.
GEORGE TOWN: This year, the scent of durian overpowered the smell of burning incense in columbaria and cemeteries during the Qing Ming festival.
A current bumper harvest has sent the king of fruits onto the list of offerings this Chinese All Souls Day, or Tomb-Sweeping Day, as families brought durians to honour their ancestors.
