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The King Boat is parked at Donglong Temple in Donggang, Taiwan on Saturday Nov. 4. During the temple’s triennial Burning of the King Boat festival, go
The King Boat is parked at Donglong Temple in Donggang, Taiwan on Saturday Nov. 4. During the temple’s triennial Burning of the King Boat festival, gods are invited down to earth, celebrated for a week and asked to help rid the community of bad luck and disease for the coming three years before being sent off again in the boat burning.
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