GEORGE TOWN: Families observing the Qing Ming festival have started visiting cemeteries and columbariums for the annual tomb clean-up and remembrance of the departed.
Knowing that these places tend to be packed on weekends leading up to the actual day, which falls on April 5 this year, many went on weekdays to pay respects.
Tan said she did not have the chance to return frequently, so for the occasion, she brought her parents’ favourite food as offerings to honour their memory at the Batu Gantung crematorium.“We also bought a variety of food and prayer items as offerings. At the Batu Lanchang cemetery, 43-year-old company director Evelynn Ang brought her parents to the graves of their ancestors after skipping the ritual for the past three years.“During the movement control order, they were unable to visit the graves.
Engineer Benny Khoo, 41, also observed the festival on a weekday as he believed many would take advantage of the weekend to conduct prayers for the departed.
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