"Festivals - "Tour of God"." Top 5 Page for this destination Johor Bahru Things to Do Tip by A2002

Directly translated from Chinese - The "Tour of God" is held annually. It is a very crowded and interesting events celebrated by the Chinese. It is the birthday of a god and devotees will carry the god's statue and travel around JB. The whole procession will last for about 4 hours, with a chance to see many different types of performance such as dancing, floats, lion dance, dragon dance, stilts performance, flags performance, etc. The whole event is full of colours and allow one to know more about the Chinese culture.
If you decide to go, remember to go there early as there will be lots of on-lookers. The most unforgettable "performance" will be the vigorous swaying of the god side to side. I mean really vigorous... More than 10 people will be carrying the god on each side of the sedan. Before the vigorous swaying, many strong man devotees will gather on both sides and jumped and helped to push the the side of the sedan as hard as they can... There will be a bee line of devotees, carrying flowers, joss stikcs and joss papers, following the god...

It will be an unforgettable experience to participate in the prossession...