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QING MING DAY IN MANOA

CRAIG T. KOJIMA / CKOJIMA@STARBULLETIN.COM A roasted pig was part of the annual Qing Ming rites at the Chinese Cemetery in Manoa yesterday. Among dignitaries attending were, from left, Herbert Nien of the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office, Cmdr. James C. F. Chong of the Kau Tom Post 11 of the American Legion, Army Maj. Gen. Stephen D. Tom and U.S. Rep. Neil Abercrombie. Ceremony participants honor their ancestors through offerings of incense and food. The occasion also is a day to clean and decorate the gravesites of ancestors.