In Hong Kong’s Tai Hang district, residents parade through the crowd with a red glowing kite. The custom dates back to the 19th century. At that time, a community living there is said to have been haunted by a plague, a typhoon and a python before the moon festival. Only a three-day dragon dance was able to exorcize the disaster. Today, up to 300 dancers gather for the street festival, balancing a hand-crafted dragon made of around 72,000 burning incense sticks through the narrow streets.