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Taiwan: Pingtung's Triennial Donggang King Boat Featival
Believers at Donglong Temple parade a tremendous wooden King Boat to call upon gods to help, during the triennial Donggang King Boat Featival (also known as the Wangye Worshiping Ceremony), a traditional ritual that has been inherited since the Qing dynasty and is used for saving people from plagues and pandemics, in Donggang Township, Pingtung, Taiwan, 30 October 2021. The week-long ceremony is held to ask for help from gods to save the people from pandemics and plagues, with devotees and temples going through a series of protocols including paying worships to different local gods, and burning a tremendous wooden boat. (Photo by Ceng Shou Yi/NurPhoto)
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| Photo ID | #7309014 |
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| Photographer | Ceng Shou Yi/NurPhoto |
| Category | Human Interest |
| Copyright | © 2026 NurPhoto - Ceng Shou Yi/NurPhoto |
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