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Wesak Day on Tuesday, 29 May 2018 ~ Part 2

The participating floats in the 2018 Procession from various Buddhist Bodies and Temple.

Wesak Day on Tuesday, 29 May 2018 ~ Part 2

Wesak Day on Tuesday, 29 May 2018 ~ Part 2

Wesak Day on Tuesday, 29 May 2018 ~ Part 2

Wesak Day on Tuesday, 29 May 2018 ~ Part 2

Wesak Day on Tuesday, 29 May 2018 ~ Part 2

Wesak Day on Tuesday, 29 May 2018 ~ Part 2

 

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Wesak Day on Tuesday, 29 May 2018

Wesak Day on Tuesday, 29 May 2018

Wesak Day on Tuesday, 29 May 2018

Wesak Day on Tuesday, 29 May 2018

Wesak Day on Tuesday, 29 May 2018

Wesak Day on Tuesday, 29 May 2018

Wesak Day on Tuesday, 29 May 2018

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Night of the Penang Wesak Eve 2018

Today – the 28th May, 2018 is the Wesak Eve in Penang. The Year of 2018 is the Chinese Lunar Year of the Dog. On Wesak Day a big procession shall be held in Penang going around 7 km in the George Town streets with participation of over 5,000 people. Tonight the Celebrations continued with the Lamp Lighting Ceremony at 7.00 pm and followed by the Prayers Ceremony at the MBA Buddha Float. This was followed by presentation of certificates for Blood Donation and a Cultural Show and Singing. It was a delightful evening but marred by heavy rains at 10.00 pm.

The blogger is the present Chairman of the Penang Wesak Procession Committee. Happy Wesak.

SP Lim

Night of the Penang Wesak Eve 2018

Night of the Penang Wesak Eve 2018

Night of the Penang Wesak Eve 2018

Night of the Penang Wesak Eve 2018

Night of the Penang Wesak Eve 2018

Night of the Penang Wesak Eve 2018

 

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Day of the Penang Wesak Eve 2018

Today – the 28th May, 2018 is the Wesak Eve in Penang. On Wesak Day a big procession shall beheld in Penang going around 7 km in the George Town streets with participation of over 5,000 people.

The blogger is the present Chairman of the Penang Wesak Procession Committee. Happy Wesak.

SP Lim

Day of the Penang Wesak Eve 2018

Day of the Penang Wesak Eve 2018

Day of the Penang Wesak Eve 2018

Day of the Penang Wesak Eve 2018

Day of the Penang Wesak Eve 2018

Day of the Penang Wesak Eve 2018

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Penang Lim Si Seang Kooi Tong’s Mazu Birthday Celebrations

The Celebrations of the Birthday of Mazu of Lim Si Seang Kooi Tong was held on Wednesday, 9 May 2018 – a day after the Kew Leong Tong’s Celebration at the Kew Leong Tong Ancestral Temple. It was the Election Day of the 14th General Elections Day of Malaysia for Parliamentary and State Legislatures. Note the forefinger of our Taoist Priest who had just casted his vote.

SP Lim

Penang Lim Si Seang Kooi Tong’s Mazu Birthday Celebrations ~ Part 4 The Course Dinner

Penang Lim Si Seang Kooi Tong’s Mazu Birthday Celebrations ~ Part 4 The Course Dinner

Penang Lim Si Seang Kooi Tong’s Mazu Birthday Celebrations ~ Part 4 The Course Dinner

Penang Lim Si Seang Kooi Tong’s Mazu Birthday Celebrations ~ Part 4 The Course Dinner

Penang Lim Si Seang Kooi Tong’s Mazu Birthday Celebrations ~ Part 4 The Course Dinner

Penang Lim Si Seang Kooi Tong’s Mazu Birthday Celebrations ~ Part 4 The Course Dinner

 

 

 

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Penang Lim Si Seang Kooi Tong’s Mazu Birthday Celebrations ~ Part 4  Dinner

The Celebrations of the Birthday of Mazu of Lim Si Seang Kooi Tong was held on Wednesday, 9 May 2018 – a day after the Kew Leong Tong’s Celebration at the Kew Leong Tong Ancestral Temple. It was the Election Day of the 14th General Elections Day of Malaysia for Parliamentary and State Legislatures. Note the forefinger of our Taoist Priest who had just casted his vote.

SP Lim

Penang Lim Si Seang Kooi Tong’s Mazu Birthday Celebrations ~ Part 4 Dinner

Penang Lim Si Seang Kooi Tong’s Mazu Birthday Celebrations ~ Part 4 Dinner

Penang Lim Si Seang Kooi Tong’s Mazu Birthday Celebrations ~ Part 4 Dinner

Penang Lim Si Seang Kooi Tong’s Mazu Birthday Celebrations ~ Part 4 Dinner

Penang Lim Si Seang Kooi Tong’s Mazu Birthday Celebrations ~ Part 4 Dinner

Penang Lim Si Seang Kooi Tong’s Mazu Birthday Celebrations ~ Part 4 Dinner

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Penang Lim Si Seang Kooi Tong’s Mazu Birthday Celebrations ~ Part 3  Lunch is served

The Celebrations of the Birthday of Mazu of Lim Si Seang Kooi Tong was held on Wednesday, 9 May 2018 – a day after the Kew Leong Tong’s Celebration at the Kew Leong Tong Ancestral Temple. It was the Election Day of the 14th General Elections Day of Malaysia for Parliamentary and State Legislatures. Note the forefinger of our Taoist Priest who had just casted his vote.

SP Lim

Penang Lim Si Seang Kooi Tong’s Mazu Birthday Celebrations ~ Part 3 Lunch is served

Penang Lim Si Seang Kooi Tong’s Mazu Birthday Celebrations ~ Part 3 Lunch is served

Penang Lim Si Seang Kooi Tong’s Mazu Birthday Celebrations ~ Part 3 Lunch is served

Penang Lim Si Seang Kooi Tong’s Mazu Birthday Celebrations ~ Part 3 Lunch is served

Penang Lim Si Seang Kooi Tong’s Mazu Birthday Celebrations ~ Part 3 Lunch is served

Penang Lim Si Seang Kooi Tong’s Mazu Birthday Celebrations ~ Part 3 Lunch is served

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Penang Lim Si Seang Kooi Tong’s Mazu Birthday Celebrations ~ Part 2

The Celebrations of the Birthday of Mazu of Lim Si Seang Kooi Tong was held on Wednesday, 9 May 2018 – a day after the Kew Leong Tong’s Celebration at the Kew Leong Tong Ancestral Temple. It was the Election Day of the 14th General Elections Day of Malaysia for Parliamentary and State Legislatures. Note the forefinger of our Taoist Priest who had just casted his vote.

SP Lim

Penang Lim Si Seang Kooi Tong’s Mazu Birthday Celebrations ~ Part 2 – I was the Lor Choo or Urn Keeper this year 2017/2018

Penang Lim Si Seang Kooi Tong’s Mazu Birthday Celebrations ~ Part 2

Penang Lim Si Seang Kooi Tong’s Mazu Birthday Celebrations ~ Part 2

Penang Lim Si Seang Kooi Tong’s Mazu Birthday Celebrations ~ Part 2

Penang Lim Si Seang Kooi Tong’s Mazu Birthday Celebrations ~ Part 2

Penang Lim Si Seang Kooi Tong’s Mazu Birthday Celebrations ~ Part 2

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Penang Lim Si Seang Kooi Tong’s Mazu Birthday Celebrations

The Celebrations of the Birthday of Mazu of Lim Si Seang Kooi Tong was held on Wednesday, 9 May 2018 – a day after the Kew Leong Tong’s Celebration at the Kew Leong Tong Ancestral Temple. It was the Election Day of the 14th General Elections Day of Malaysia for Parliamentary and State Legislatures. Note the forefinger of our Taoist Priest who had just casted his vote.

SP Lim

Penang Lim Si Seang Kooi Tong’s Mazu Birthday Celebrations

Penang Lim Si Seang Kooi Tong’s Mazu Birthday Celebrations

Penang Lim Si Seang Kooi Tong’s Mazu Birthday Celebrations

Penang Lim Si Seang Kooi Tong’s Mazu Birthday Celebrations

Penang Lim Si Seang Kooi Tong’s Mazu Birthday Celebrations

Penang Lim Si Seang Kooi Tong’s Mazu Birthday Celebrations – I had voted

Names and titles

Penang Kew Leong Tong Lim Kongsi’s Mazu Birthday Celebrations on Tuesday, 8 May, 2018 at Ah Quee Street, George Town, Penang, Malaysia.

 

Mazu, also known by several other names and titles, is a Chinese sea goddess. She is the deified form of the purported historical Lin Mo or Lin Moniang, a Fujianese shamaness whose life span is traditionally dated from 960 to 987. Revered after her death as a tutelary deity of seafarers, including fishermen and sailors, her worship spread throughout China’s coastal regions and overseas Chinese communities throughout Southeast Asia. She was thought to roam the seas, protecting her believers through miraculous interventions. She is now generally regarded by her believers as a powerful and benevolent Queen of Heaven. Mazuism is popular on Taiwan; her temple festival is a major event in the region, with the largest celebrations around her temples at Dajia and Beigang.

Extracted from Wikipedia by SP Lim

Penang Kew Leong Tong Lim Kongsi’s Mazu Birthday Celebrations on Tuesday, 8 May, 2018 at Ah Quee Street, George Town, Penang, Malaysia.

Penang Kew Leong Tong Lim Kongsi’s Mazu Birthday Celebrations on Tuesday, 8 May, 2018 at Ah Quee Street, George Town, Penang, Malaysia.

Penang Kew Leong Tong Lim Kongsi’s Mazu Birthday Celebrations on Tuesday, 8 May, 2018 at Ah Quee Street, George Town, Penang, Malaysia.

In addition to Mazu or Ma-tsu, meaning “Maternal Ancestor Mother, “Granny”, or “Grandmother”, Lin Moniang is worshipped under various other names and titles:

• Mazupo (“Granny Mazu”), a popular name in Fujian
• A-Ma, also spelled Ah-Ma (“Mother” or “Grandmother”), a popular name in Macau
• Linghui Furen (“Lady of Numinous Grace”), an official title conferred in 1156.
• Linghui Fei^[6] (“Princess of Numinous Grace”), an official title conferred in 1192.
• Tianfei (“Princess of Heaven”), fully Huguo Mingzhu Tianfei (“Illuminating Princess of Heaven who Protects the Nation”), an official title conferred in 1281.
• Huguo Bimin Miaoling Zhaoying Hongren Puji Tianfei (“Heavenly Princess who Protects the Nation and Shelters the People, of Marvelous Numen, Brilliant Resonance, Magnanimous Kindness, and Universal Salvation”), an official title conferred in 1409.
• Tianhou (天后, literally meaning: “Queen/Empress of Heaven”), an official title conferred in 1683.
• Tianshang Shengmu (“Holy Heavenly Mother”) or Tianhou Shengmu
• Tongxian Lingnü (“Worthy & Efficacious Lady”)
• Shennü (“Divine Woman”)
• Zhaoxiao Chunzheng Fuji Ganying Shengfei (“Holy Princess of Clear Piety, Pure Faith, and Helpful Response”), an official title conferred during the reign of the Hongwu Emperor of the Ming.

Although many of Mazu’s temples honor her titles Tianhou and Tianfei, it became customary to never pray to her under those names during an emergency since it was believed that, hearing one of her formal titles, Mazu might feel obligated to groom and dress herself as properly befitting her station before receiving the petition. Prayers invoking her as Mazu were thought to be answered more quickly.

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Penang Kew Leong Tong Lim Kongsi’s Mazu Birthday Celebrations on Tuesday, 8 May, 2018 at Ah Quee Street, George Town, Penang, Malaysia.

Penang Kew Leong Tong Lim Kongsi’s Mazu Birthday Celebrations on Tuesday, 8 May, 2018 at Ah Quee Street, George Town, Penang, Malaysia.

Penang Kew Leong Tong Lim Kongsi’s Mazu Birthday Celebrations on Tuesday, 8 May, 2018 at Ah Quee Street, George Town, Penang, Malaysia.

Penang Kew Leong Tong Lim Kongsi’s Mazu Birthday Celebrations on Tuesday, 8 May, 2018 at Ah Quee Street, George Town, Penang, Malaysia.

Penang Kew Leong Tong Lim Kongsi’s Mazu Birthday Celebrations on Tuesday, 8 May, 2018 at Ah Quee Street, George Town, Penang, Malaysia.