The Cheung Chau Bun Festival is a hundred year legacy that makes the Cheung Chau island of Hong Kong alive every May. For three days, everyone on the island switches to a vegetarian diet, and then a procession is held on the day of the festival. The day sees a huge crowd flocking from all over Hong Kong onto the small island, making crowd control measures a necessity. Buns are stored on conical stands and distributed along
Come midnight, and hundreds of young men hurry up to the three bun towers, tearing off all the buns, and putting them in a bag or spreading them over the crowd. One who gets the most wins the competition