GRAND VOYAGE.....Devotees piled up and arranged hunderds bags of golden and silver offering papers around the ‘imperial boat’ before a final praying ceremony begins which later ended with the setting fire of the offering papers.
THE nine-day Kew Ong Yeah Festival culminated with the Nine Emperor Gods being given a rousing send-off by thousands of devotees along Pantai Bersih in Butterworth.
A crane was deployed to hoist the ‘Emperor Boat’ filled with prayer paraphernalia, rice, sugar, vegetarian dishes and other essential items from its float before placing it in the water.
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GRAND VOYAGE.....Devotees piled up and arranged hunderds bags of golden and silver offering papers around the ‘imperial boat’ before a final praying ceremony begins which later ended with the setting fire of the offering papers.
Devotees raising their hands in prayer and to take pictures as the boat of offerings is being lifted by the crane for the send-off at Pantai Bersih at the end of the procession from the Tow Boo Kong Temple in Butterworth. — Photos: CHAN BOON KAI/The Star
Farewell ritual to the deities at the end of the nine-day Kew Ong Yeah (Nine Emperor Gods) festival at Tow Boo Kong Temple in Jalan Raja Uda, Butterworth./Picby:CHAN BOON KAI/The Star
A float with a dragon head leading the procession followed by the smaller boat of offerings being towed to the seafront in Pantai Bersih, Butterworth. (Below) Mediums in a trance at the festival.
A lion dance troupe performing during the farewell ceremony at the Tow Boo Kong Temple in Jalan Raja Uda, Butterworth.
Devotees carrying flowers during the procession in support of the green initiative although many are still seen offering joss sticks.
The large Imperial Boat in Alor Setar (left) is piled up with bags of paper offerings before being set alight in a huge bonfire (above).
Farewell ritual to the deities at the end of the nine-day Kew Ong Yeah (Nine Emperor Gods) festival at Tow Boo Kong Temple in Jalan Raja Uda, Butterworth./Picby:CHAN BOON KAI/The Star
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