HAPPENING NOW: Thousands of people dressed in protective gear gathered at the Yanshui district of Tainan to participate in the annual two-day Beehive Fireworks Festival, featuring millions of "beehive firecrackers."
Bombarding deity Lord Handan:
People threw firecrackers at a man standing on a chariot, dressed as the deity Lord Handan, during a demonstration of this popular folk tradition in Taitung County on Saturday.
During the day, A-Yun works as a delivery man for a steel factory. But on specific days of the Lunar calendar, he takes on a completely different role... Specifically, he transforms into a medium for the gods.
Get an insight into A-Yun's role as a spirit medium, and the importance of this role for the locals: https://t.co/W50XKa9MUE
The cognitive dissonance of arriving in Taiwan as an American and seeing human rights celebrated front and center, while my actual home (and Taiwan’s main ally) is doing what it can to scrub human rights and equality from our values.