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Chinese Opera, or wayang, is a colourful spectacle, generally performed in the streets or in temporary outdoor theatres during festivals. A feast of sights and sounds, the wayangs tell age-old stories and legends in dramatic form with the actors garishly made up and dressed in lavish costumes. The operas are especially common around Chinatown during the Festivals of the Hungry Ghosts in August and September.