It's 17th May, Vesak Day and it coincides with the Tua Pek Kong (Da Bo Gong ) festival. The jetty is decorated with colorful flags and yes, there are lots of devotees present here today as well. The festive atmosphere is added on with a chinese opera (wayang) performance that happens at 7.30pm.
We arrived around 4.00 pm ,when activities are on-going with devotees going about their routine of joystick offerings and burning of paper money. We had enough time to also sneak in a nature walk to check out the birds before returning to observe the temple rituals as well as the Chinese opera.
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| Beautifully decorated jetty |
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| Temple festivities |
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| Taoist Priest crossing the Ping Ann bridge |
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| Best seats in town |
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| Chinese Opera performance |
We left around 9 pm having fully enjoyed and soaked in the festive atmosphere. It is not often you see Ubin crowded way into the night.
Birds spotted
- 4 Oriental Pied Hornbills near Temple grounds @ 5.30 pm
- 4 Oriental Pied Hornbills at No 8 Ubin Rd, next to public toilets @ 6.30 pm
- Scarlet-backed flowerpecker (female)
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