Its been a while since i last blogged..anyways the past three days had been a rather eye opener to me....my family had a celebration called "kong tet" ,its known as a celebration of the death done for many thousand years where in the taoism beliefs the purpose of conducting it is to ensure that our ancestors and following generations to come are throroughly blessed in health,good luck etc....
This was done consecutively for 3 days, despite being very reluctant to participate in the ritual...yet it was compulsory of me to do so as my family were involved with it...nevertheless it really open my eyes to a wider perspective of the chinese culture....this celebration was done in a very grand style, having spend over 60k just to burn a house and many many hell banknotes...goodness i think the notes are stacked to nearly 20 ft high....i am dead tired after having to go through all the prayers which were continuous non stop...anyways let me tell u what is this all about...just like in the movies ..my aunt did for my beloved uncle whom passed away from a freak accident,as in the chinese beliefs those who died this way will be send straight to hell....as such in this 3 days we help my uncle to pull him out of the 18 levels of hell n send him to heaven..
The rituals were more like a story where evry step n actions was done for a reason...like when we push the wheels around to get him out and when we finally burnt off the entire house consisting of 40 rooms for him as well as my ancestors to live in......the paper house was magnificent it was one of the best hse ever made and ordered in m'sia..specially shipped in from china..they took 3 weeks to build it...anyways at the end of the day i just hope that if this was true then i hope that my uncle can finally rest in peace, meanwhile may all the family be blessed.This is one of those events that i guess many wont even live to witness but i did...and thats just something rather eerie yet unbelievable.....really i should ve inform ripley's believe it all not to come film it..:P
will post some photos up once i get the cable to download my hp photos to the pc...
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