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Saturday, February 28, 2015

Pai Thni Kong @ Chew Jetty Penang 拜天公 @ 槟城姓周桥















Photographed by IS OOI

Hokkien New Year is celebrated widely in Penang.

The Hokkien community in Chew Jetty is celebrating this year's Thni Kong Seh in a grand scale. Over 30 long tables of food and fruits, big bottles of cognac and trays, baskets, and sugarcane stalks.

This Hokkien New Year is to celebrate the day when the Hokkiens escaped mistreatment by ruthless army in ancient China by seeking refuge in a sugarcane plantation. The Hokkiens emerged unharmed on the 8th day of Chinese New Year. Hence it is consider as New Year for the Hokkiens.

This is once a year grand heritage event which you must come and witness which is uniquely Penang.

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