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Inter-Village Festival

photo by DKJ

A palanquin bearing gods is carried into Bǎo'ān by people from a neighboring village. Modeled on the palanquins used for centuries to carry human beings, the godly palanquins come in several styles, and may carry josses from private family altars as well as josses belonging to village as a whole.