Monkey God's Birthday
22 September 2002

Monkey God Temple
(At the junction of Seng Poh Road and
Eng Hoon Street. Diagonally opposite
Sin Lee Chinese Cuisine)
The Altar
Offerings

Monkey God
Lion Head
Lion Dance

Dragon Slow Dancing
Dragon Drinking
Opera Troupe's Practice Session

Temple Medium Preparing
for his Trance
Getting Dressed Up
Striking the Legendary
Pose of the Monkey God

Shaking in his Entranced State
In a Trance
Shaking Violently

Halloween?
Lifting a car out of the way.
It was in the path of
the celebrations.
Start of the Procession

Sedan Chair
for the Gods
Sedan Chair
Another Sedan Chair

Rocking the Chair
Spinning the Chairs
Swaying and Jerking

Walking this Way
for the duration of
the Procession
Loud Gongs
and Traditional Chinese
Musical Instruments
Trick or Treat?

Followers
Cracking the Whip
on the Arrival of the Gods
Doing the Split
after Cracking the Whip

Chanting
Kneeling before
the Large Pile of Offerings
Nice Cap

Reading Out the Scriptures
And Singing
Devotees on their Knees

Performing Rites
Musicians with Furry
Cowboy Hats
(Commonly seen at Funerals
and Festivals of
this nature)
Large Pile of Offerings

Dragon Dance
Starting the Fire
Offerings Melting Away

Bowing to the Flames
Walk with the Medium
Let it Burn

Run!
Charging Round and Round
with the Sedan chair
Devotees Filing Past
the Ashes
 
Saying their Prayers		  
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