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  • 5/5/2025
Some 600,000 people have gathered in southern Taiwan to celebrate the birthday of Mazu, the goddess of the sea.

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00:00Six-hundred thousand people traveled to southern Taiwan for a massive festival celebrating
00:05the sea goddess Mazu.
00:07Half of them took part in this year's Bai Shatun pilgrimage, walking for two days and
00:12two nights.
00:13The rest joined them at the goddess' turnaround point at Chaotian Temple in Beigang.
00:17Mazu is Taiwan's most worshipped folk deity.
00:20Every spring, two of Asia's largest pilgrimages celebrate her birthday.

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