1,000 participate in ‘CNY birthday’

Mass toss: Devotees and visitors enthusiastically tossing the colourful mix of ingredients at the Tow Boo Kong Temple in Butterworth. — CHAN BOON KAI/The Star

BUTTERWORTH: Over 1,000 devotees gathered at the Tow Boo Keong Temple here to toss yee sang along a 210m stretch for the seventh day of Chinese New Year touted by the community to be “everyone’s birthday”.

Now into its 15th edition, the annual event saw carrots, radishes, vegetables and crackers neatly arranged in two long rows for the mass toss.