Rolling tang yuan keeps the family together


Merry time: Saw (left) and her family preparing for the Winter Solstice Festival at their home in George Town, Penang. — LIM BENG TATT/The Star

GEORGE TOWN: The rolling of glutinous rice balls for the Winter Solstice Festival has been a reunion of generations for the family of 75-year-old great-grandmother Saw Soh Lan.

This year is no different, as Saw continued the family tradition at her home in Sungai Pinang joined by her grandson and all her great-grandchildren.

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