The majestic Wangkang barge is set to "sail" next month, turning the unique event as a curtain-raiser to the religious segment of Visit Melaka Year 2024 (TMM 2024).
The 2024 Wangkang Festival's director, Datuk Ronald Gan, said the grand procession of the barge is scheduled on Jan 11 and the event will complement TMM 2024.
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The 2024 Wangkang Festival's director, Datuk Ronald Gan, said the grand procession of the barge is scheduled on Jan 11 and the event will complement TMM 2024.
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00:15 Our Wangkang Festival will be held on the 1st January to 11th January 2024
00:25 in conjunction with our visit Melaka year 2024.
00:30 The highlight of the whole festival will be on the 11th January whereby we will have the grand procession of our Wangkang Bajj.
00:41 This grand procession will start from 8.30 in front of a temple, going through the whole Jalan Parameswara,
00:51 then turn into Bukit Sejuang and then Jalan Laksamana Ceng Ho, Jalan Munci Abdullah,
00:58 before we cross our river to Jalan Hang Tua and then we will reach Jalan Gajah Berang.
01:06 We will go through the old town, that is Jalan Kampung Hulu and Jalan Kampung Pantai,
01:12 then we will go through Jalan Laksamana and then Jalan Kota in front of our A.F.Amoza before coming back to our temple in Jalan Parameswara.
01:25 So we will have a total of 22 stops.
01:30 The idea or the significance of this ceremony is actually to invite all the wandering souls,
01:37 or we call them our Ho Hiati, to come up on Wangkang Bajj and to serve as a navy to our goddess Ongya.
01:51 This whole procession will be almost 9km long and we anticipate that it will be concluded within 5 hours.
02:02 And at night, beginning 7 o'clock, we will be taking the second route, that is the Wangkang Sendoff Route,
02:13 whereby the whole route will be about 2km, so we hope our Malacca people as well as Malaysian public can also seize this opportunity to be with us.
02:23 Bless.
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