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Bun festival back but without usual towers

2023-05-22 HKT 11:09
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  • Three towers will be absent from this year's Cheung Chau bun festival. Photo courtesy of Hong Kong Cheung Chau Bun Festival Committee.
    Three towers will be absent from this year's Cheung Chau bun festival. Photo courtesy of Hong Kong Cheung Chau Bun Festival Committee.
The annual bun festival in Cheung Chau will return on Friday without its landmark 40-foot-tall bamboo towers.

Instead, three drawings have been placed at the site where the towers normally stand, although a smaller tower used in the bun-scrambling competition is not affected.

The Hong Kong Cheung Chau Bun Festival Committee said on Sunday that it was told by a contractor in late March that it could not construct the towers because of a lack of staff.

"Regarding this year's handling, the committee will carry out a review later. Hope next year will be a better year!" it wrote on its Facebook page.

The bun festival, which also features a grand parade, is normally held every year but was cancelled during the pandemic.

Bun festival back but without usual towers