Chinese Opera
Took these photos at Tow Boo Keong Temple in Ipoh during the annual Nine Emperor God festival 1, 2. The festival is to celebrate the return of Nine Emperor God from heaven to earth. During the 9 days (1st to 9th day on the 9th month of lunar calender) celebration, the deity is worshiped by devotees (lotsa of joss-sticks & smoke) and to be entertained by traditional opera and dance. Tonite is the final day of the celebration where some of the hardcore devotees would walk on red-burning coal and wear some really huge body piercing to entertain the deity. Similar like Thaipusam and those sort of act that you would expect to see in Ripley Believe It Or Not.
I had lot of fun shooting with my high school buddy. We even had time to take the front row seat and watch the last scene of the opera, which was a sketch. We almost laugh our heads off watching the show. :)
The Band consist of two Er-hu, one Yue-qing and a saxophone.
Chinese opera - the "old-school" way.
Preparing for next scene.
White Snake VS White Crane. Notice the snake and the crane of their headgear?
Depressed. Shot this real close from the backstage.
Shooting from the front row.
These two are jokers!
I had lot of fun shooting with my high school buddy. We even had time to take the front row seat and watch the last scene of the opera, which was a sketch. We almost laugh our heads off watching the show. :)
The Band consist of two Er-hu, one Yue-qing and a saxophone.
Chinese opera - the "old-school" way.
Preparing for next scene.
White Snake VS White Crane. Notice the snake and the crane of their headgear?
Depressed. Shot this real close from the backstage.
Shooting from the front row.
These two are jokers!