Dajia Mazu International Religous Festival (There're many other names...) http://travel.cnn.com/taiwan-mazu-religious-festival-pilgrimage-226351 Wonder if any one of you know about this event, but this is a really big national event of Taiwan that has been around for at least 50 years. And since I'm going to study abroad in this fall, I decided to feel the religious zeal of Taiwan before i leave this beautiful country. People call it the "Mazu Mania" quite literally in Taiwan for some reason that I intended to find out. Specialty of this festival - a 9 days marching with Mazu - religious march, shows your dedication and devotion of Mazu - allegedly very efficacious - the feeling of traditions and religious devotion - free food along the way given by really kind people, often volunteers - very kind people who would easily chat with you - It is essentially a huge parade celebrating Mazu~ The pilgrimage part is to show your dedication, not a compulsory. H