GEORGE TOWN: The annual Chingay parade in Penang is back with almost double the participants in the procession this year than previous years.
Touted as among biggest street processions within the Unesco World Heritage Site here, a total of 37 groups participated in the procession through the city.
Among those present were Yang di-Pertua Negeri of Penang Tun Ahmad Fuzi Abdul Razak, Penang Chief Minister Chow Kon Yeow and Penang tourism and creative economy committee chairman Yeoh Soon Hin. The name 'Chingay' derives from mandarin words which means the 'art of costume' and 'masquerade' in Hokkien dialect.
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