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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.
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