The Cheung Chau Bun Festival in Hong Kong
The Cheung Chau Bun Festival in Hong Kong is held on May 24. Date for 2026. This event in the third decade of the month May is annual. 
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Passes from the fifth to the ninth day of the fourth lunar month. Every year, in a tradition dating back to the 17th century, the people of Cheung Chau make fancy papier-mâché, costumes, bake buns, and build a bamboo tower to exorcise the evil spirits that carry the plague.
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