A classic favourite: Customers posing with the colourful handmade lanterns hung from the ceiling of Tai Tong Restaurant in George Town. — LIM BENG TATT/The Star
GEORGE TOWN: That craze for old-school lanterns is back again, but the days of playing with these quaint ornaments are numbered as apparently, only a few lantern makers are still operating.
A restaurant here that has been selling thousands of them every Mid-Autumn Festival over the past 10 years is having trouble keeping the tradition alive because many lantern makers have retired.
