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Religion in Taiwan: Performance troupes on ‘Tours of the borders’ In Taiwan, on the anniversary of a temple’s founding or to celebrate the primary deity’s birthday, temples put on extravagant parades known as ‘tours of the borders’ where their deities, temporarily removed from their altars, are carried in sedan chairs to inspect and bestow blessings upon families and businesses within the borders of a temple’s spiritual domain. They are noisy events, and as a prelude to the arrival of the gods, a variety of performance troupes lead the procession, each with a function, symbolism or simply as entertainments for the bystanders and for the deities. Religion in Taiwan is loud, colorful and fes...View all