Nine Emperor Gods Festival
The Procession on the Ninth Night
The moon is almost full! How fast this ninth month is going by. I have a lot of photos to share but it is taking some time to go through them and choose. It’s a fun exercise to limit a…
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Schedule and Procession Route for Ninth Day at Hong Kong St Tow Boh Keong
Here is what I have heard the schedule is like for the Ninth Day, October 6th. There will be quiet prayers to the Emperor tonight, Day 8, with special offerings of fruit and food that the Aunties are preparing right…
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Nine More from the Nine Emperor Gods Festival, Penang, 2011
1. A woman prays to the Emperor while holding paper figures representing her family. I think this is a Penang idea. Am I correct? 2. Guan, calling the god to help prepare the talismans. A short while later, a medium, in trance,…
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Nine from the Nine Emperor Gods Festival, Penang
It’s busy and getting busier. So, in the temporary quiet of Monday and the 7th Day, here are some shots from Tow Boh Keong, Hong Kong St. that you haven’t seen yet. I had visions of creatively posting by theme,…
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Travelling with Tow Boh Keong, Hong Kong Street, Penang
Let’s start with a photo of the Hong Kong St Temple leaving for the procession in Air Hitam (Farlim Temple) on Saturday evening. It’s been a goal/dream of mine to ride in a lion dance truck at Chinese New Year.…
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Visits to Jelutong and Noordin St Nine Emperor God Temples
I visited two nearby temples yesterday to note some similarities and differences from the Tow Boh Keong, Hong Kong St temple. First off, I noticed that both of these temples use the Chinese Junk as their symbol. This of course…
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Shots from the Neighbourhood
My introduction to the Nine Emperor Gods Festival in Penang has been Hong Kong St. And I’m learning fast that there is a lot going on all around me! There are hawker stalls selling tastey vegetarian food for the…
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First Day at Tow Boh Keong, Hong Kong St, Penang
It was a quiet day at the temple with devotees coming in for private conversations with the Emperor. We had a visit from the Tow Boh Keong temple in Sungai Petani and they posed for a photo before leaving to…
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The Nine Emperors Arrive in Penang, 2011
Wow to Penang and the way they celebrate the Nine Emperor Gods festival! There are several Nine Emperor God temples in Penang and last night they invited the Emperor with panache. Lamps were raised, mediums went in to trance, yellow…
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Tow Boh Keong, Hong Kong St, Georgetown, Penang
Welcome to Hong Kong St. I met the team last night and we have a great festival planned. Tonight we invite the god. And for the next nine days there will be prayers and processions and good vegetarian food (we…
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