(15 May 2024)
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Hong Kong – 16 May 2024
++NIGHT SHOTS++
1. Wide of the kick-off of the bun scrambling competition and contestants starting to climb up the bun tower
2. Various of contestants grabbing the buns
3. SOUNDBITE (Cantonese) Alex Chan, audience:
“I’m here to support the athletes because they have been putting up a lot of effort, they have gone through a lot of practice to become finalists.”
4. SOUNDBITE (Cantonese) Ma Hok-ming, bun scrambling competition contestant (left on screen):
“We are both tree-climbing athletes and professionally we are arborists. We love tree-climbing as a sport. We know that bun scrambling competition is a big event in Hong Kong. As well as feeling the good atmosphere and having fun, we hope that by taking part we will be able to promote the sport of tree-climbing and make more people aware of what we do as arborists."
5. Pull-out from lion dance to wide of bun tower
STORYLINE:
Climbing a giant tower of fake buns is not a big international sport, but once a year, on a small island in Hong Kong, it’s a big deal.
The island is called Cheung Chau, and the whole event is designed to remember when the community recovered from a terrible plague, centuries ago.
At the climax of the competition, a bunch of enthusiasts compete to climb a 14-metre tower decorated with around 9,000 plastic buns.
They have to make it to the top, and grab as many buns as they can as they go.
In the past, it used to be more brutal.
Following a terrible accident, the climbers are now held by safety ropes.
The event still gets a lot of attention locally.
Going to Cheung Chau is a fun day out for many Hongkongers, and visitors.
It means seafood meals, walks, and a small-town feel compared to the big city just an hour away by ferry.
The bun scrambling competition takes place around midnight, and it’s over quickly, within 3 minutes.
Nine male and three female contestants climbed the tower at the same time. Firefighter Yip Kin-man won and was crowded “King of Bun” and nurse Kung Tsz-shan became the “Queen of Bun”.
Cheung Chau hopes that it will be able to continue its traditional life, work, and celebrations in future.
AP video by Alice Fung
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