The Nine Emperor Gods festival were celebrated for 9 days since last Sunday, October 22, 2006. The festival held in the ninth lunar month of the Chinese calender, is dedicated to the 9 sons of the Godness of the North Star. The Godness is said to control books of life and death!
The temples are thronged by devotees, burning joss sticks and praying for blessing!
During the 9 days festivals, yellow flags were decorated near the temples and plenty of makeshift stalls around Georgetown offering all sorts of prayers paraphernalia for devotees to offer to the gods!
A lot of vegetarian stalls are put up, dishing out various type of vegetarian food to cater for the devotees whom become vegetarian for the whole 9 days...
The celebration ended on Monday, October 30, 2006 with the grand send-off of the Nine Emperor Gods. There were processions with decorated flower floats and a sedan chair carrying the sacred urn and the yellow Emperor's Boat to the seaside.
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