Due to the Dragon Boat Festival this weekend, The Macau Post Daily’s editing team will be off on Sunday and will return to work on Monday so the print edition of your favourite newspaper will be on the newsstands again on Tuesday morning. However, our digital edition on our website https://www.macaupostdaily.com/ will be updated round-the-clock. Our local news and editorials as well as commentary by national media organisations are also available on various LinkedIn, Twitter and Facebook accounts.
We wish all our readers, advertisers, distributors and contributors a restful holiday.
All government offices and banks will be closed on Monday, both will be open returning to work on Tuesday.
According to Cultural Affairs Bureau’s website the Tung Ng (Dragon Boat Festival) is part of Macau’s traditions, being celebrated on the 5th day of the fifth lunar month. Legends about the origin of the festival vary. Traditionally, this event takes place in the summer to ward off diseases and evil spirits and worship the dragon, noting that this celebration has also gradually evolved to also commemorate the patriotic poet Qu Yuan. During the festival, local residents hang wormwood, absinth and calamus to expel pests and cook bean soups to provide relieve from the summer heat. Other activities include Dragon Boat Racing, the consumption of zongzi (rice dumplings), natational activities, and hanging calamus and wormwood leaves.
