Mazu Maritime Pilgrimage 🇹🇼 (2025-04)

Watch the footage from Kaohsiung harbor starting at 00:32. The pilgrimage is a quadrennial event to pray for safety and a bountiful catch. Mazu (also spelled Matsu; 媽祖) is a sea goddess in many of Taiwan’s religions—including Chinese Buddhism, Confucianism, and Taoism. Mazu is the sea goddess, so she must also take to the waves. The Mazu Maritime Pilgrimage (also called the Mazu Sea Patrol Rite; 乙巳年林園鳳芸宮媽祖海巡) happens only once every four years. Fishing boats carry Mazu statues on a five-day journey along the Kaohsiung and Tainan coastline. Mazu braves the waves to protect the fisherman, bless communities, and facilitate a good catch. The fleet of 20 ships docked at Love Pier, next to the Kaohsiung Music Center.
Around Taiwan colorful Mazu processions take place. See a brief impression starting at 02:19.
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