I chose to wander into the Bang Neow Shrine whilst I was waiting for the Chief Mah-Song to arrive. Throughout the Shrine in that location were people cleaning the Chinese figurines - too about of them were extremely dirty!
As they cleaned the Chief Mah-Song arrived - grinning too shaking hands amongst the observers.
He disrobed too sat quietly inwards front end of the offerings - meanwhile a drum was banged tardily too methodically. The Mah-Song began to sway caput too and hence his trunk from side to side coming together the beat of the drum. He all of a precipitous leapt upwards too went to the Shrines offering table.
He was possessed!
He was dressed inwards a robe too given knives. He too hence walked to each corner of the Shrine Land (similar to the opening ceremony 2012).
At each corner inwards plough he was joined past times somebody from the shrine too together they proceeded to perform a round down trip the lite fantastic too tell about words.
Once this was consummate they would motion to about other corner - returning to the Shrine when this was complete.
Here about other 2 dissimilar ceremonies took place.
Grain was placed on bamboo leafage too newspaper amongst Chinese Writing on - the same every bit the newspaper that was nether the roadside shrines. Food was too hence added too the gear upwards alight?
The Mah-Song too hence performed about other trip the lite fantastic too several words were spoken. The Mah-Song too hence filled his oral cavity amongst a potable which he too hence sprayed all over the items that were inwards the Festival -
Snake Ropes, Headed Pins and food.
During this menses to a greater extent than dances also house betwixt the Mah-Song too his 'team'. It was every bit the ceremony shut that I noticed people amongst scars clearly on their cheeks?
At this betoken the focus was too hence turned to the lowering of the Lantern Pole - I attended the raising concluding year precisely the lowering this year. As they carefully brought the Lantern Pole downward I was amused to watch the amount of people which were trying to teach a slice on the branch that formed business office of the lantern Pole.
I did bring together inwards too teach a slice for me though.