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Village Life: Praying at the Temple
Posted on June 7, 2018
A man praying at the Beigang Chaotian Temple. He is holding incense sticks before a large smoky incense burner/cauldron as he prays. He then place burning sticks in the cauldron. Beigang, Yunlin County, Taiwan May 4, 2018
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Blue – Red
Posted on July 18, 2017
Obon Festival – Enmanji Buddhist Temple – Sebastopol, CA, U.S.A.
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Possessed
Posted on July 14, 2017
A Taoist spirit medium is possessed by a deity from his Taoist temple in Pingdong. Some of the temple gods are on a visit to the Cheng-long temple in Taiwan. He is surrounded by red papers from exploded firecrackers. Cheng-long, Yunlin County, Taiwan April 25, 2015
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Spiritual Leader from the Hindu Temple
Posted on May 12, 2016
Hindu Spiritual Leader from the Temple Who Was Involved in the Private Marriage Ceremony of Arya & Dewi Wedding, Bali, Indonesia – May 3, 2016
Gold Mountain Village – Taoist Temple
Posted on May 19, 2015
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Taiwan, May 18, 2015
TEMPLE GOD VISITS AND TANGJI – HUMANS POSSESSED BY THEIR TAOIST GOD – PART 3
Posted on May 10, 2015
At the temple’s altar the Tangji or possessed visitor begins to communicate with the god of the Cheng long Village temple.
April 24, 2015
Temple god visits and Tangji – Humans Possessed by their Taoist god
Posted on May 8, 2015
It is common for one Taoist temple god to visit another Taoist temple god. A Pingdong County temple visitors approach the Chenglong Village Temple in Yunlin County, Taiwan. Two particular participants with blackened faces are Tangji. They become possessed by their temple god as they march in the parade to the temple they are visiting. “Tangki are considered shaman or spirit medium as the earthly vehicles for devine expression.” http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tongji_(spirit_medium) The women on the left holding the flag appears to have been possessed as well. April 24, 2015
Two Guardians of the World of the Dead
Posted on May 7, 2015
Two of Eight Guardians of the World of the Dead. They were part of the parade where the god from the Taoist temple in Pingdong County was visiting the gods in the Cheng long Village temple in Taiwan.
April 24, 2015
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Pingdong County Taoist God Proceeding to Visit the Cheng Long Village Temple God
Posted on May 5, 2015
Bearers of the god parade along the Cheng long Village streets toward the Village’s temple.
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