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The annual Matsu procession
OMF Taiwan - Tuesday 24 March 2009The annual Matsu procession is taking place across central Taiwan this week. From March 22-29, up to 1 million people will participate in a 300 km procession through central Taiwan, carrying and worshiping the goddess Matsu. This whole month is a period of intense idol worship.
Matsu is the most popular deity in Taiwan and has been called Taiwan's patron goddess. The procession itself was described by the Discovery Channel as one of the three "biggest religious festivals in the world, along with the Muslim pilgrimage to Mecca and Catholics visiting the Vatican."
Pray for God's protection over His people in this time of heightened idol worship and that even those who take part who see the emptiness of worshiping an empty and false idol.