Taoist bun-scrambles
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Sounds more lively than hunting for easter eggs. Banned for some time holy bun-scrambling has returned to Hong Kong.
At midnight a dozen climbers clambered up towers 22m (72ft) high, trying to grab as many holy buns as possible in three minutes. …
Tradition dictates that for three days, the whole island goes vegetarian.
Then, at the culmination of the festival, there is the bun scramble where points are awarded for each confection, depending on where it was collected from.
Hong Kong's holy bun fight back
Richard Evans Lee • May 16, 2005 • Reader, what do you think?
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