Devotees breaking coconuts during the chariot procession from Jalan Tun hs Lee all the way to Batu Caves.
THE sight of a mountain of broken coconuts during Thaipusam being carted off to the landfill may be distressing, but there is little that can be done as efforts to recycle them have not been profitable.
According to Kuala Lumpur Sri Maha Mariamman Temple Dhevasthanam committee information chief B. Vivekananda, efforts to put the broken coconuts to good use several years ago failed after a volunteer backed out.
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