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Gallary
Culturel events in Taiwan
For the 2005 Lantern Festival, entire office buildings in downtown Taipei are artfully illumined so as to produce the illusion of giant lanterns, with glowing images that change in concert with the accompanying music and overhead lightshow. (Photo by Yeh Ming-yuan)
During the 2005 Lantern Festival, KaohsiungCity puts on a magical display of lights that combines traditional themes with modern technology and fireworks with dancing water jets. (Photo by Yeh Ming-yuan)
 
Left picture: At the vanguard of the Matsu Pilgrimage procession are the "Eight Generals" of the spirit world, whose ritual movements and wielding of magic paraphernalia drive away demons and protect the peace. (Photo by Chen Chien-yuan)
Right picture: As the annual 300-kilometer Dajia Matsu Pilgrimage sets out on the night of April 9, thousands of devotees of the goddess Matsu gather in front the JhenlanTemple in TaichungCounty's DajiaTownship, where they witness the hair-raising acrobatics of lion dancers jumping about on poles high above. (Photo by Cheng Cheng-hsiung)
At the vanguard of Cheng Huang Yeh's entourage are some of his spirit-world retainers, including one with a cow's head and another with a horse's head. (Photo by Hao Chen-tai)
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