Date: 10th Oct 2010 (Sunday)Time: 7pm
Venue: Tow Boh Keong, Hong Kong Street
Hong Kong Street Tow Boh Keong's Kew Ong Yah is 168 years this Sunday 10-10-10!
A grand procession with 30 decorated floats devoted to “KOY” will be paraded this Sunday. Some 10,000 people are expected to witness the procession. There will be also a Dragon, Lion and 24 Drums Troupe in the line up. Special teams from Singapore, Kuala Lumpur and Johor are participating in this event as well.
The procession will start off at Hong Kong Street Tow Boh Keong Temple and proceed to Carnarvon Street, Magazine Road, Jalan Gurdwara, Macallum Street, McNair Street, Sandilands Road, Jalan C Y Choy, Prangin Ghaut, Weld Quay, Esplanade, Jalan Masjid Kapitan Keling, Chulia Street, Penang Road, Jalan Lim Chwee Leong, Carnarvon Street and ends at Hongkong Street.
Kew Ong Yah is also one of Chinese Ancestral Cultural Heritage where all Devotees observes 9 days of strictly vegetarian diet around this time of year in order to obtain blessings of Good Health n Success, Peace and Harmony and Safety from our Deity “Tow Boh”.
Source : Penang Tourism
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