Hong Kong celebrates bun festival to appease spirits

China celebrates Bun festival in Hong Kong to calm the spirits killed by pirates. (Photo: AP)

A girl dressed in a traditional Chinese costume floats in the air, supported by a rig of hidden metal rods, during a parade on the outlying Cheung Chau island in Hong Kong. (Photo: AP).

A girl dressed in a traditional Chinese costume floats in the air during the bun festival. (Photo: AP).

A boy dressed as a boxer floats in the air, supported by a rig of hidden metal rods, during a parade. (Photo: AP).

Local residents dress a statue of a Chinese god on the outlying Cheung Chau island in Hong Kong. (Photo: AP).

Local residents walk past some paper ghosts during the bun festival on the outlying Cheung Chau island during the Bun festival. (Photo: AP).

Local residents eat buns on the outlying Cheung Chau island in Hong Kong. (Photo: AP).

Local residents sell buns on the outlying Cheung Chau island in Hong Kong to celebrate the festival. (Photo: AP).