Monday, April 23, 2012

Scenes from Luer Temple, Tainan, Taiwan

Luer is a village ten minutes from Tainan city in southern Taiwan.  This is a massive temple devoted to Mazu, the goddess of seafarers worshipped widely in southern China.  On this festival day processions from other subsidiary temples throughout Taiwan visited to pay respects to the main Mazu image.  They usually follow a processional circuit through the surrounding villages, carrying the images and banners under the hot sun.




























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