PENANG: The Nine Emperor Gods Festival or “Kao Ong Eah” in the Hokkien dialect, is a tradition that has roots in Taoist tradition. This year’s festiva.
GEORGE TOWN: A 1.5m-high golden pagoda surrounded by six mini golden pagodas will adorn the 9.14m-long float being prepared by volunteers at the Sian Chye Tong Temple in Ayer Itam for Wesak Day celebrations this Thursday.
GEORGE TOWN: In a painstaking effort, a group of eight youths spent a whole month delicately putting together a dragon-shaped paper ship, made with bamboo, cardboard and 6,000 pieces of folded Ong Seng Jee (joss paper with sutras imprinted).
THE Malaysian Buddhist Association (MBA) in Burma Road, Penang, will not open its door to the public during the Wesak Day celebration in view of the movement control order (MCO) 3.0.