Devotees following the social distancing markers to wait for their turn to offer prayers at the Tow Boo Kong Temple.
IT was a different kind of send-off for the Nine Emperor Gods at Guan Yin Ting Dou Mu Gong Temple in Jalan Raja Uda, Butterworth, Penang, this year.
The temple set ablaze a paper ship measuring 6m by 1.2m with offerings at the temple compound this time, with a voluntary fire squad on hand.
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Devotees following the social distancing markers to wait for their turn to offer prayers at the Tow Boo Kong Temple.
Mediums in a trance paying homage to the Nine Emperor Gods during the farewell ceremony at Tow Boo Kong Temple.
(Above) Devotees pouring bags of folded joss paper at the base of the float in the shape of a ship before setting it ablaze (left) in a symbolic send-off for the Nine Emperor Gods at the Tow Boo Kong Temple in Jalan Raja Uda, Butterworth. – Photos: LIM BENG TATT/The Star
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