Last day of the celebration
Yesterday was the last day of the celebration to mark the birthday of the Elephant God. I was at the temple from 9pm till midnight, to shoot more pics & to see the closing ceremony.
Folded joss papers or commonly known as "khim" to be burnt later in the night to mark the closing ceremony. "Khim" means gold in hokkien.
This is the front part of the temple. On the background is the singing stage.
The birthday of "Dato Kong" is also celebrated on the last day of the celebration. "Nasi kunyit", coconuts, durians, "sirih" and "curut"/cigars are some of the offerings to "Dato".
Skimpily dressed girl singing.
Girl in red performing the last few songs for the night.
After all the singing is done, the 8 deities or "Pek Sien" came from the stage to pray to all the deities as part of the closing ritual.
This is the "spirit branch" or "Gia Kee" in hokkien.
2 persons will hold the "kee" or branch on each end and a spirit will move the "kee" about. First time for me to see this - very interesting.
The branch supposedly possessed by a spirit kept hitting the table of the altar.
Folded joss papers or commonly known as "khim" to be burnt later in the night to mark the closing ceremony. "Khim" means gold in hokkien.
This is the front part of the temple. On the background is the singing stage.
The birthday of "Dato Kong" is also celebrated on the last day of the celebration. "Nasi kunyit", coconuts, durians, "sirih" and "curut"/cigars are some of the offerings to "Dato".
Skimpily dressed girl singing.
Girl in red performing the last few songs for the night.
After all the singing is done, the 8 deities or "Pek Sien" came from the stage to pray to all the deities as part of the closing ritual.
This is the "spirit branch" or "Gia Kee" in hokkien.
2 persons will hold the "kee" or branch on each end and a spirit will move the "kee" about. First time for me to see this - very interesting.
The branch supposedly possessed by a spirit kept hitting the table of the altar.
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