Chetti Temple Festival
I went to the Chetti Temple Celebration and it was awesome ! It's like a mini Thaipusam celebration that you see at Batu Caves, just that this celebration was held at Kampung Chetti Malacca.
It's actually a celebration of the temple's birthday. The devotees actually prepared for this special day 1 week earlier. From hanging all kinds of leaves and ornaments all along the village road until the temple. Every night, you will hear music and dancing from the temple.
On that very day itself, everyone in the village is awaken by the sound of gongs and trumpets. The celebration has started ! If you happen to pass by smk gajah berang road, you will find that some stretch of the roads are closed due to the procession that is held.
Like a thaipusam celebration, you will see devotees piercing their skin and mouth. THAT WAS WHAT I'M INTERESTED TO LOOK AT ! Hahaha ~ because SAMPAT me have never really seen one before. =P
the nicest thing that i see during this celebration is ... the harmony between the chinese and the Indians. Everyone is praying to the same God and even though the celebration ground is FULL and PACKED with tourist (i'm one of them ! haha ) and devotees, NO ONE is pushing around and no one is shouting at the top of their voice asking you to "MOVE BACK ! GIVE WAY !" ... Everyone is so polite and in a celebration mood ! Even when i'm walking ALONE in the crowd, i felt SAFE.
I was with my IpoD and so i got the chance to take many videos ! I'll upload them part by part.
Part 1 : Statue of their God beeing hooked to their back.
*do not watch if you have a weak stomach !
It's actually a celebration of the temple's birthday. The devotees actually prepared for this special day 1 week earlier. From hanging all kinds of leaves and ornaments all along the village road until the temple. Every night, you will hear music and dancing from the temple.
On that very day itself, everyone in the village is awaken by the sound of gongs and trumpets. The celebration has started ! If you happen to pass by smk gajah berang road, you will find that some stretch of the roads are closed due to the procession that is held.
Like a thaipusam celebration, you will see devotees piercing their skin and mouth. THAT WAS WHAT I'M INTERESTED TO LOOK AT ! Hahaha ~ because SAMPAT me have never really seen one before. =P
the nicest thing that i see during this celebration is ... the harmony between the chinese and the Indians. Everyone is praying to the same God and even though the celebration ground is FULL and PACKED with tourist (i'm one of them ! haha ) and devotees, NO ONE is pushing around and no one is shouting at the top of their voice asking you to "MOVE BACK ! GIVE WAY !" ... Everyone is so polite and in a celebration mood ! Even when i'm walking ALONE in the crowd, i felt SAFE.
I was with my IpoD and so i got the chance to take many videos ! I'll upload them part by part.
Part 1 : Statue of their God beeing hooked to their back.
*do not watch if you have a weak stomach !
other videos would be posted soon ~ have patience ~
This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.
ReplyDeletehello...i was also at the village...r u from malaysia? servicetothearts@gmail.com
ReplyDeleteYes. I am from Malaysia. I am a Malaysian. I have a friend staying in the village itself. That's why i get to know what's going on. Where are you from ?
ReplyDelete