Yes, it is only 30 more days before the Nine Emperor Gods Festivals 2020. Yet, this year the Nine Emperor Gods Festival will be different no doubt; as ever since the COVID-19 pandemic raged through the world, everything was different due to social distancing and crowd restrictions rules being imposed by governments.
In Malaysia, some temples have decided to scale down this year's celebration due to concerns of crowd control, whilst some are taking the more drastic decision to cancel the celebrations altogether. For the time being, all we can do is to look back at happier times and hope next year it will be back to normal...
So here's a short clip of scenes from Jinjang Nine Emperor Gods Festival 2019 for us to look back on and to keep us in high spirits as we count down to this year's Nine Emperor Gods celebration... with a difference!
When is this festival happening in 2020:
- 1st day of the Nine Emperor Gods Festival - Saturday, 17th of October 2020
- 9th day of the Nine Emperor Gods Festival - Sunday, 25th October 2020
Invitation ceremonies related to this festival usually happens in the evening or on the night of the eve of the festival, which is Friday, 16th October 2020.
