In the past, The Seventh Moon Prayers used to be a centralised ceremony which mainly organized by residents of a small village or a town. When more and more public housing being built, it became scatter over the place and as a result from a small to medium size prayer activity would be organised depend on its financials.
Klang is the royal capital of the state of Selangor in Malaysia. It is located about 32 km to the west of Kuala Lumpur and 6 km east of Port Klang. It was the civil capital of Selangor in an earlier era before the emergence of Kuala Lumpur and the current capital, Shah Alam. Taman Indah is a small town which is situated along Tepi Sungai within the vicinity of Klang.
The Seventh Moon Prayers are commonly followed by majority of Chinese descendents living at Taman Indah. In fact, the wide appeal of the old and the tradition practise as I have seen during the ceremony might help to preserve our culture and especially our younger generation so enamoured with modernity and western influence to understand their cultural roots.
Intrinsic to the Seventh Moon Prayers is basically ancestor worship. Besides paying respect to the past ancestors, food offerings and paper effigies also extended to unknown visiting spirits during that month.
In the past, The Seventh Moon Prayers used to be a centralised ceremony which mainly organized by residents of a small village or a town. When more and more public housing being built, it became scatter over the place and as a result from a small to medium size prayer activity would be organised depend on its financials.
Klang is the royal capital of the state of Selangor in Malaysia. It is located about 32 km to the west of Kuala Lumpur and 6 km east of Port Klang. It was the civil capital of Selangor in an earlier era before the emergence of Kuala Lumpur and the current capital, Shah Alam. Taman Indah is a small town which is situated along Tepi Sungai within the vicinity of Klang. 
The Seventh Moon Prayers are commonly followed by majority of Chinese descendents living at Taman Indah. In fact, the wide appeal of the old and the tradition practise as I have seen during the ceremony might help to preserve our culture and especially our younger generation so enamoured with modernity and western influence to understand their cultural roots.
Intrinsic to the Seventh Moon Prayers is basically ancestor worship. Besides paying respect to the past ancestors, food offerings and paper effigies also extended to unknown visiting spirits during that month.
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