GEORGE TOWN: Coconut traders who used to see “smashing” business during Thaipusam have been hit hard for the second year in a row as there will not be any coconut-breaking ritual this year.
Under the new norm to curb Covid-19 transmission, the Thaipusam festival in Penang on Jan 18 will be held without refreshment stalls, kavadi-bearing rites as well as the coconut-breaking ritual during the chariot procession.
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