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Thousands of festival-goers packed a historic neighbourhood of Hong Kong to watch a “fire dragon” lit with incense sticks dance through the streets in a century-old ritual. The 67-metre (220-foot) long dragon snakes around the network of narrow paths in the village of Tai Hang each year to the sound of roaring drums, and is one of the highlights of the celebrations for Wednesday’s mid-autumn festival.

Travel Breaking News | News.Ava 360 – Online

Hong Kong From October 3 through October 6, 2017, neighborhoods across Hong Kong are commemorating the Mid-Autumn Festival with magical exhibitions, including traditional cultural shows, lantern displays, and the customary sharing and consumption of tasty moon cakes. Among the grandest of all festive activities for the four nights is the Tai Hang Fire Dragon Dance with over 70,000 sticks of burning incense and the participation of 300 athletes for awe-inspiring dance of flames in celebration of the Mid-Autumn Festival.

The Asian Age – Online

The yearly Tai Hang fire dragon dance proceeds through the streets of Tai Hang on Tuesday, Oct. 3, 2017, in Hong Kong. The tradition is one of the highlights of the celebration of the Mid-Autumn Festival.People put incense sticks on the Tai Hang fire dragon on Tuesday, Oct. 3, 2017, in Hong Kong. The centuries-old tradition began to stop a run of bad luck from afflicting their village like being a hit by a typhoon then a plague.

First Post | Globoble – Online

With grand cultural shows, exhibitions, parades and lantern display exhibits, Hong Kong kick started its celebrations for the Mid-Autumn Festival on 3 October. The three-day festival which will go on till 6 October, is traditionally a harvest festival also celebrated in Taiwan and Vietnam. AP The three-day festival which will go on till 6 October, is traditionally a harvest festival also celebrated in Taiwan and Vietnam.

Deccan Chronicle | News R – Online

The Fire Dragon Dance, in Tai Hang, Hong Kong, has been a tradition for more than a century. The flaming dragon was used to stop a plague around 100 years ago, according to folklore.