Since the coronavirus outbreak, many getai shows at temples and community clubs have been called off.
As audiences stay home and tasselled costumes are stashed away, getai organisers have been praying that the pandemic will plateau before their peak period, the Hungry Ghost Festival during the seventh lunar month, which is from Aug 19 to Sept 16 this year.
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