It may be more fun in the Philippines, but it’s more buns in HK!

<p><img class&equals;"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1820" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;old&period;teamasia&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2017&sol;03&sol;more-buns-in-HK&period;jpg" alt&equals;"More Buns In Hong Kong" width&equals;"500" height&equals;"380"><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Even Spiderman may find this challenging&period; Thousands of people gathered on a small island called Cheung Chau&comma; to witness a race that is uniquely Hong Kong&period; By midnight&comma; the spotlight fell on a 14-meter-tall bamboo tower covered by 9&comma;000 buns&comma; with a dozen competitors climbing up to the top and grabbing as many buns as they can&period; This bun snatching competition is rooted in the belief that the buns on the tower bring good luck and whoever grabs the most gets the best fortune&period;<&excl;--more--><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The exciting bun scrambling competition is only part of the annual Cheung Chau Bun Festival&comma; one of the world’s &OpenCurlyQuote;Top 10 Quirky Local Festivals’ named by Time&period;com&period; Every year&comma; the inhabitants of Cheung Chau get busy making paper mache effigies of deities&comma; preparing costumes and baking buns in preparation for the festival that is listed on China’s list of intangible cultural heritage&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Another highlight of the festival is a parade where children dressed up as gods and deities are held up on stilts&period; The parade&comma; also known as the piu sik&comma; features colourful floats with different themes&comma; usually adopted from some hot topics in the Hong Kong community&period; Each float consists of two kids&comma; each weighing no more than 18 kilogram&comma; with one positioned above the other&period; The two child performers are connected by a rod which is decorated with a number of items to symbolize the connection between the characters they represent&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;