it's sumthin`annual..

every year on the lunar seventh month, we'd get some pretty amazing sights here on my street in one-part-kl...
it's the annual por-tohh fest here on our street, and yup, the whole street is decked with zinc roofs and engulfed in lots of incense smoke..
at one end of the street, some giant effigies wait to be 'processed' as the fest reaches its final night (that would be tonight)...
and at the other end of the street, a neat lil' stage packed with some getai performers...
(Note:- a quick check on Wiki for 'Getai' yields: Literally song stage; Is a usually boisterous live stage performance held during the Ghost Festival commonly held in Singapore & Malaysia, in contrast to the generally solemn mood of the festival.)

as the fest reached its final night tonight, i reached home after dinner at 8plus to find the streets blocked with some RELA members flicking some blue torchlights signalling me to turn. yeah, yeah, i know, i know.... but then this time around, i must say, i've managed to find myself parking spots on both nights... not bad at all....

and tonight being its finale of sorts, the street is lined with tables stacked with offerings, and i mean STACKED with offerings.... roast pork got my attention obviously, crates and crates of beer.. tiger, carlsberg, heineken, u name it! i just didnt see any hoegaarden la tho`.... :P that, wuld be massive... lol..
and the made-up livestock offerings propped on the tables... gosh.. the army of roast chicken, enuff to feed ... O, im not supposed to go there... :~

well, this post is gonna be all words and no colorful images... cuz you see, itchy as i may be, i still culdnt bring myself to actually snap pictures of the whole thing. nop, not even using just the phone... cuz, really ... who knows whats out there ya? and i just wouldnt want to risk disturbing any ... at all ...
:S

better go clean myself now before the whole sky turns auburn with the flames....


another itch scratched...