Hong Kong’s colorful Bun Festival is back after three years of COVID-19 restrictions. Visitors packed the tiny island of Cheung Chau to watch children parade in costumes and to eat buns stamped with the Chinese characters for “peace” and “safety.” People take part in a bun scrambling competition during the Bun Festival in Cheung Chau Island in Hong Kong. (AP Photo/Louise Delmotte) The festival’s highlight is a midnight “bun-scrambling” competition in which climbers race up a tower covered with plastic buns, trying to grab as many as possible. It was suspended for decades after an accident in 1978 when a collapse injured many, and only restarted in 2005. After COVID-19, the bun scramble has returned, but for this year, it’s limited to one smaller tower. The festival’s comeba...
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