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Online idol worship
OMF Taiwan - Wednesday 26 August 2009Folk religion is going high tech in Taiwan. One example is the "Oh, Good God" website (sorry Chinese only), where you can choose from a great range of gods to choose to bai-bai (worship).
There are detailed instructions about the right attitude, how to make offerings and say prayers and instructions for different types of requests (e.g. marriage, health, wealth).
Of course there is an online store as well where you can purchase worship offerings, knick-knacks, etc
The purpose of the site is to make folk worship accessible to all different ages and education levels. Prosperity, education and technology are certainly not seeing the fading away of traditional beliefs in Taiwan.
(Thanks to Kat Tang for discovering this site.)
L.
Sunday 30 August 2009