CORONAVIRUS | This after the state government mooted the outright cancellation of the event.
| The annual Chingay parade in Johor Bharu regularly draws hundreds of thousands of revellers onto the streets.
“However, the procession of the deities is our tradition, so for this year, we will do the next best thing. Customarily, effigies representing the deities would have been loaded onto litters to be carried by a group of people during the parade. According toIn a statement earlier today, the Johor government had urged the organisers to cancel the Chingay parade over concerns it would help spread the Covid-19 disease.
Nevertheless, Sahruddin said religious events in conjunction with Chingay celebrations scheduled from Feb 13 to 15 may still proceed.
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