Behind the News - A Real Bun Fight (17/05/2005)
Behind the News - A Real Bun Fight (17/05/2005):
Would you watch people climb a tower covered in buns? More than 20,000 people flocked to the Hong Kong Island of Cheung Chau to watch the unusual religious ritual.
The event commemorates islanders who died in a bubonic plague in the 19th century. The sweet buns were believed to cure all illnesses."
Would you watch people climb a tower covered in buns? More than 20,000 people flocked to the Hong Kong Island of Cheung Chau to watch the unusual religious ritual.
The event commemorates islanders who died in a bubonic plague in the 19th century. The sweet buns were believed to cure all illnesses."
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