Oh how we pine for those bundles of Joss Sticks. So, to help those of us still looking for a Nine Emps fix – I’m passing on some work by some other photographers. The photojournalists (of course) were the first…
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It was truly a sweet moment. I looked around and lollipops were everywhere. “Photo Op!!” A short while earlier, the temple Sifu, Wee Ah Moi, was in trance as the young disciple of Guan Yin, Siang Chai Yah. She was…
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Nine has always been my number… In Johor, the Emperor who came to the temple this year was brother number Nine, You Bi Da Dao Xing Jun. He is the ninth star of the Big Dipper and one of the…
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On the evening of the 4th day of the Nine Emperor Gods temple, a group of members of Internations toured the Kow Ong Yah temple. Hallway Events provided them with some background about the festival and guided them through the…
Read MoreIf you thought Day 6 rocked at the Nine Emperor Gods Festival in Ampang, hold on to your hat as we head in to Day 8 and Day 9. The next two days are all about bringing the cosmos back…
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From Kow Ong Yah swinging his sword about on the Opera stage to rituals of thanksgiving and dormitories full of loving friends, Day 6 at Kow Ong Yah temple in Ampang was a real feast for the senses. There were…
Read MoreSaturday, October 20th is the 6th day of the Nine Emperor Gods Festival. In Ampang at 2pm, the mediums will invite the gods to the temple to help perform the ritual ceremony of feeding the armies of the generals that…
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Words come easily to describe the Nine Emperor Gods Festival at Sam Siang Keng temple in Johor Bahru. It is a place of gentle kindness and warm hospitality. It is above all a feminine place, where the Goddess of Mercy…
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Today is a sharing day. The joy in this photo has to bring a smile to your face! Was everyone having as much fun as we were? I haven’t been to the Ampang temple for two days but I can tell…
Read MoreI’m sure I’m not the only one who gets a little rush of adrenalin when the flags go up along Jln Ampang to mark the route to the Kow Ong Yah temple. The ninth lunar month is here and at…
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