The Descent of the T angsins
Tuesday, February 25, 2003
After an absence of 40 years, the Glodok area is once again holding the annual Cap Go Meh procession on a grand scale.
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AMONG thousands of packed spectators around the Fatahillah Museum in the midst of the Cap Go Meh parade last week, a little girl asked: "Mother, who is that god?"
She pointed to a bare-chested man with a red scarf, who together with holy statues was being carried in a sedan chair on the shoulders of dozens of men. The man cut his own tongue with a sword. Then he swirled the sword in front of him as if he was cutting his way through.
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