Participants, mostly Japanese residents in Malaysia, clad in traditional clothes celebrated the summer festival as a reminder of the gratefulness of their ancestors.(Photo: AP)
People wearing traditional yukatas dance on the stage during the Bon Odori Festival in Shah Alam, Malaysia on Saturday, July 22, 2017.(Photo: AP)
People dance during Bon Odori Festival in Shah Alam, Malaysia on Saturday, July 22, 2017. (Photo: AP)
Malaysian Muslim women wearing traditional yukatas dance on the stage during Bon Odori Festival in Shah Alam, Malaysia on Saturday, July 22, 2017. (Photo: AP)
Onlookers watch as participants perform the traditional dance during Bon Odori Festival in Shah Alam, Malaysia on Saturday, July 22, 2017. (Photo: AP)
People wearing traditional yukatas dance on the stage during Bon Odori Festival in Shah Alam, Malaysia on Saturday, July 22, 2017. (Photo: AP)
Japanese children living in Malaysia wearing traditional yukatas, dance, during the Bon Odori Festival in Shah Alam, Malaysia, Saturday, July 22, 2017. (Photo: AP)
The festival was held in Shah Alam, Malaysia on Saturday, July 22, 2017. (Photo: AP)
Malaysia's Bon Odori festival honours ancestors with traditional dance