‘Sexy lingerie a great present even for a dead female’

As a tradition, during the festival people tend the graves of their loved ones and buy paper paraphernalia, including money, model houses, cars, mobiles as an offering to wishing them a comfortable afterlife.

Matching underwear sets selling at USD 1.25 each got a good response, said Tay Lay Nahat, a shopkeeper at Magazine Road, a popular place among the Chinese here, who make up a quarter of Malaysia’s population.

Tay said many of the popular designs have been sold out although Qing Ming only falls on Friday.

“Most customers find them cute and would usually add a few sets to go with other paper clothing and items such as dresses, bags and shoes for their female family members to use in the other world,” she was quoted as saying by the reports.

Intimate clothing were in the market last year as well, but this year’s import of garments from China are of much better quality, she said.

“They also come in more creative designs this year, such as the sweet flowery prints and sophisticated monogram designs to cater to different tastes,” she said.