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The National Unity Ministry, the National Security Council and the Penang government’s recent ruling against holding certain ceremonies, including the breaking of coconuts, during Thaipusam on Jan 18 seems to have been accepted by the Hindu community at large.
He said he was able to receive bookings of up to 100,000 coconuts before the pandemic, but after the ritual was banned for two consecutive years, he could not generate any specific revenue from the festival anymore. “If the price of a coconut was RM1.70 prior to this, now it has gone up to RM1.85. This is the price from the plantations and we have to follow. We are not sure why the price went up, maybe it is linked to the cost of production or fertilisers and other issues.
“We must follow the directives of the council and government. It is okay, because health and public safety are more important. Hopefully, we can celebrate as we usually do, next year,” he said when met at his residence here, recently.
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