A quieter festival this year


All set for a grand do: Devotees at a shop in Jinjang Utara picking out colourful paraphernalia to offer to the Jade Emperor in a festival to be celebrated today. — ONG SOON HIN/The Star

PETALING JAYA: This year’s Bai Tian Gong or Jade Emperor festival will be limited to family affairs with the ban on inter-district and interstate travel still in place, says Klang Hokkien Association president Soo Hak Min.

Soo noted the tradition was now practised even by those not of Hokkien descent, and prayers that start later this evening usually see many relatives and friends dropping by.

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