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Participants collect buns from a tower covered with plastic buns during the Bun Festival in Cheung Chau Island in Hong Kong, Monday, May 25, 2026.

Video. Climbers race up giant bun tower at Hong Kong’s colourful Bun Festival

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Contestants climbed a 14-metre tower covered in thousands of steamed buns during Hong Kong’s annual Bun Scrambling Competition, one of the highlights of the traditional Cheung Chau Bun Festival.

Contestants raced up a 14-metre tower covered in thousands of plastic steamed buns during the annual Bun Scrambling Competition on Cheung Chau.

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The event is one of the main attractions of Hong Kong’s traditional Bun Festival, which also features lion dances, lantern displays and street celebrations.

Video showed climbers scrambling to the top of the tower before grabbing buns and descending as crowds cheered below.

Residents and tourists packed the island to watch the contest, while vendors sold traditional steamed buns linked to the centuries-old festival.

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