Lantern decorations at Bangsar Shopping Centre. — Photos: MUHAMAD SHAHRIL ROSLI, CHAN TAK KONG, SAMUEL ONG, IZZRAFIQ ALIAS and YAP CHEE HONG/The Star
Colourful lanterns attract adults and children alike
LANTERNS are one of the common items seen during Mid-Autumn Festival.
Those who observe the celebration will often savour different types of mooncakes paired with tea.
Children and adults alike also have fun with lanterns, such as the round colourful paper lanterns or translucent plastic ones.
These lanterns, of all sizes and shapes, are carried and displayed as symbolic beacons that light people’s paths to good fortune and prosperity during mid-autumn.
Hence, establishments like shopping malls also take the opportunity to decorate their premises with lanterns to commemorate the festival.
Shops around Klang Valley are also wooing customers with an impressive variety of lanterns.
The Mid-Autumn Festival, which is a culturally important event for the Chinese community in Malaysia, fell on Sept 29 this year.
A cute lantern at Cheras Leisure Mall.
A shop assistant hanging up a variety of classic lanterns made using wire and colourful lantern paper at a shop in Puchong, Selangor.
Cheras Leisure Mall with lanterns made during its annual lantern-making competition.
Jes Lye (left) with her husband Tien Sze Hao, entertaining their one-year-old infant Tien Euher while shopping for a lantern for the festival in Kuala Lumpur.
Alex Ng choosing a battery lantern with his daughter Ng Xin Mong in Kuala Lumpur.
Lanterns adorn Kuala Lumpur’s Golden Triangle area of Bukit Bintang.
