Oh, can I please change the typo in your title into "Bulbs"? For this is what they are and hey ... what a funny arrangement is this? Are they actually screwed into spheres that serve as lamp lights?
Sorry for the typo.. Actually those are bulbs outside a Chinese snack food store in Hong Kong.. Photoblog Ref: http://hkdigit.blogspot.com/2007/03/yiu-fung-store.html