Thai Chinese Festivals
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Welcome to this Chinese temple and a small sampling of images from some of its festivals!
An altar is provided where one can offer prayers for one's ancestors.
Actresses prepare their makeup, pre-performance.
An actor becomes a ghostlike apparition as he passes among the audience before the performance . . .
. . . and the performance begins.
The LED display at the foot of the stage provides subtitles (or not) for the audience.
The performance attracts viewers of all ages.
And the horsing around begins. . . .
This gent was actually NOT from the Ministry of Silly Walks, so I was told.
Bian lian, or face-changing, is another form of performance, derived from Sichuanese opera. In an instant, characters change the "faces" or masks they are wearing, so quickly as to be all but imperceptible to the audience.
