In conjunction with the Monkey God birthday, the temple that my parents used to visit had a big procession.
According to my dad, the procession takes places whenever there is an order from the "boss" of the temple. In this case is the Monkey God. The last time the temple held such a big event was erm...10 years ago.
Well, FYI, the difference between Taoism and Buddhism is, for Taoism there's such thing as a medium a.k.a. "tang chi" in Hokkian. His or her duty is to borrow their body not soul to the god, as to help others in need.
Aiya...very hard to explain lar...go see for yourself if you are really curious...
The celebration starts on the night before the procession.
A lot of preparation were done the night before. Unlike for Wesak Day, Taoism procession needs a lot of rituals procedures and laws.
Dragon dance all the way from JB!
Big head wa wa. They are so damn cute! One even fell and pretended to be shy.
Time to change
Me blending in...kekeke~OMG my face is so oily!
The platform to place offerings
The Monkey God Statue
Sis with her horsies...hehe...with her favorite number 11 in front!
Nice butt ^^We went back at almost 1am that night, and woke up as early as 6am the following day!
The temple had prepared some vegetarian food as breakfast that morning. Just to make sure that we don't faint!! **jk la...hehe~*
Again some customs rituals were done.
Dragon dance again
Due to keponess, me and mongmong each too a quick snap with the dragon's "head"...hehe~
"Activation time" haha...the temple committee members tied a red bow on top of the lion's head.
Big head wawa giving out sweets. These fellas are damn aggressive. They keep on bumping into each other.
Looks familiar? Yup, SFI band. Poor kids have to stay in the hot sun in their green uniform.
Lighting up the fire crackers
The descendants are suppose to shake the chariot with the god statue on it.Wonder does the god gets dizzy?...
The chariot from far
Followers are suppose to go over the burned charcoal as a sign of "buang suey".The procession route were long. Real long.
From the temple itself at Taman Melaka Baru, we took off by bus to the junction in front of Renaissance Hotel.
We started to walked all the way from the starting point...till end of Ujong Pasir. Where, mom, me, sis and mongmong can't stand it anymore~
Our first stop were the temple beside the Restaurant at Jalan Buanga Raya.
Second stop, behind Jonker Road.
Along the way we saw this. Proves that Malacca is really a historical city!No matter where you go there's a historical site...hehe~
The newly renovated temple opposite Equatorial Hotel
Uncle-s everywhere!
Another ceremony at another templeThe spirit of the god went off half way through our journey. I can see from the looks that the guy were really suffering.
Luckily one of the medium went on jumping again when it almost reaches the stop before my house.
At my house, offerings were prepared for the incoming guests.
Mom preparing for the arrival of the guests
The descendants with cowboy hats performing the ceremony with the medium
The medium doing his thing in front of the chariot.
dong dong dong...the noise were loud!
Dad giving out sweets to the guests. I'm not really sure what it means...but it does means something I guess.
There were a few more stop before they head back to the temple.
Mom and dad followed all the way but not for me, mongmong and sis. We already given up...hehe~
Mongmong even gotten sun burn after that. And me...well, I just got a little headache after that.
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