Snapshots
Straw festival
October 26, 2017
Hung Kuo-hao (left), chief of Caotun Township in central Taiwan’s Nantou County, and a saxophone player stand next to fairy-tale characters made from straw Oct. 25 at the venue for an upcoming straw arts and crafts festival. The event is slated to open Oct. 28 at the Caotun Botanical Gardens. (CNA)