Chingay Festival back with a bang


It’s back!: One of the five deities is taken out of the Xing Gong Temple for the procession;

JOHOR BARU: Hundreds of thousands of people flocked to the city here to witness the return of the Chingay Festival to its former glory after three years of subdued celebrations.

The Chingay procession began at 7pm yesterday, with scores of devotees leading the parade along a 7.8km stretch, blessing the city with the deities of the five major dialect groups – the Teochew, Hokkien, Hakka, Cantonese and Hainanese.

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Chingay Festival , Johor , Sultan Ibrahim

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