In conjunction with the Mid-Autumn Festival, Petaling Jaya City Council (Majlis Bandaraya Petaling Jaya) and Cempaka Buddhist Lodge jointly organised the first-ever Petaling Jaya Lantern Festival 2010 (Pesta Tanglung Petaling Jaya 2010) on 25th September.
Thousands of people of all races and walks of life attended the event. They received goody bags containing the traditional mooncakes and paper lanterns.
The event was officiated by two Selangor state executive councillors Ronnie Liu and Teresa Kok.
Also present were Chief High Priest of Malaysia Venerable Reverand K. Sri Dhammaratana Nayaka Maha Thera who is also the Chief Abbot of the Buddhist Maha Vihara Temple in Brickfields and MBPJ councillors.
There were cultural performances by students and MBPJ cultural troupe, wushu demo and mask-changing.
The highlight of the celebration was the 3.5 km lantern parade led by Teresa Kok and accompanied by brightly-lit floats, stilt walkers, lion dance troupes and convoy of mini cars which made their way through Jalan SS23/25, SS24/1, SS23/17, SS23/13, SS24/10 and back to SS24/1 and SS23/25.
The street lights along the parade routes were decorated with brightly lit red lanterns.
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