Devotees prepare a 60m long dragon made from straw and incense before their triennial fire dragon dance at the 157-year-old Mun San Fook Tuck Chee temple during festivities to mark the feast day of Taoist deity Da Bo Gong or "God of the Land", in Singapore February 21, 2023. REUTERS/Edgar Su 

Devotees perform a triennial fire dragon dance, with a 60m long dragon made from straw and incense, at the 157-year-old Mun San Fook Tuck Chee temple during festivities to mark the feast day of Taoist deity Da Bo Gong or "God of the Land", in Singapore February 21, 2023. REUTERS/Edgar Su 

Devotees perform a triennial fire dragon dance, with a 60m long dragon made from straw and incense, at the 157-year-old Mun San Fook Tuck Chee temple during festivities to mark the feast day of Taoist deity Da Bo Gong or "God of the Land", in Singapore February 21, 2023. REUTERS/Edgar Su 

Devotees perform a triennial fire dragon dance, with a 60m long dragon made from straw and incense, at the 157-year-old Mun San Fook Tuck Chee temple during festivities to mark the feast day of Taoist deity Da Bo Gong or "God of the Land", in Singapore February 21, 2023. REUTERS/Edgar Su 

Devotees perform a triennial fire dragon dance, with a 60m long dragon made from straw and incense, at the 157-year-old Mun San Fook Tuck Chee temple during festivities to mark the feast day of Taoist deity Da Bo Gong or "God of the Land", in Singapore February 21, 2023. REUTERS/Edgar Su 

Devotees perform a triennial fire dragon dance, with a 60m long dragon made from straw and incense, at the 157-year-old Mun San Fook Tuck Chee temple during festivities to mark the feast day of Taoist deity Da Bo Gong or "God of the Land", in Singapore February 21, 2023. REUTERS/Edgar Su 

Devotees perform a triennial fire dragon dance, with a 60m long dragon made from straw and incense, at the 157-year-old Mun San Fook Tuck Chee temple during festivities to mark the feast day of Taoist deity Da Bo Gong or "God of the Land", in Singapore February 21, 2023. REUTERS/Edgar Su 

Devotees perform a triennial fire dragon dance, with a 60m long dragon made from straw and incense, at the 157-year-old Mun San Fook Tuck Chee temple during festivities to mark the feast day of Taoist deity Da Bo Gong or "God of the Land", in Singapore February 21, 2023. REUTERS/Edgar Su 

A person makes an offering in the Huang Da Xian Taoist Temple before the Lunar New Year parade celebrating the Year of the Rabbit in the Chinatown neighborhood of New York, U.S., February 12, 2023. REUTERS/Bing Guan 

People gather at a Taoist temple to celebrate the Lunar New Year in Phuket, Thailand January 22, 2023. REUTERS/Jorge Silva 

A woman poses in a Taoist temple as people gather to celebrate the Lunar New Year in Phuket, Thailand January 22, 2023. REUTERS/Jorge Silva 

Men gather in a Taoist temple to pray as they celebrate the Lunar New Year in Phuket, Thailand January 22, 2023. REUTERS/Jorge Silva 

A woman carries a baby as they gather outside a Taoist temple to celebrate the Lunar New Year in Phuket, Thailand January 22, 2023. REUTERS/Jorge Silva 

A man carries her daughter as they gather outside a Taoist temple to celebrate the Lunar New Year in Phuket, Thailand January 22, 2023. REUTERS/Jorge Silva 

A woman carries a baby as they gather outside a Taoist temple to celebrate the Lunar New Year in Phuket, Thailand January 22, 2023. REUTERS/Jorge Silva 

Devotees carry a flaming urn into the sea in a ritual to send off the gods during the last day of the Taoist Nine Emperor Gods festival in Singapore October 4, 2022. REUTERS/Edgar Su 

Devotees Nicolas Tellier, from France, and Xin Li burn joss sticks in a ritual to send off the gods into the sea during the last day of the Taoist Nine Emperor Gods festival in Singapore October 4, 2022. REUTERS/Edgar Su 

Devotees carry a flaming urn into the sea in a ritual to send off the gods during the last day of the Taoist Nine Emperor Gods festival in Singapore October 4, 2022. REUTERS/Edgar Su 

Devotees carrying a chariot take part in a ritual to send off the gods into the sea during the last day of the Taoist Nine Emperor Gods festival in Singapore October 4, 2022. REUTERS/Edgar Su 

Devotees carry a flaming urn into the sea in a ritual to send off the gods during the last day of the Taoist Nine Emperor Gods festival in Singapore October 4, 2022. REUTERS/Edgar Su 

Devotees prepare to set fire to paper boats as they take part in a ritual to send off the gods into the sea during the last day of the Taoist Nine Emperor Gods festival in Singapore October 4, 2022. REUTERS/Edgar Su 

Devotees carry a flaming urn into the sea in a ritual to send off the gods during the last day of the Taoist Nine Emperor Gods festival in Singapore October 4, 2022. REUTERS/Edgar Su 

Devotees take part in a ritual to send off the gods into the sea during the last day of the Taoist Nine Emperor Gods festival in Singapore October 4, 2022. REUTERS/Edgar Su 

Devotees perform a dragon dance as they take part in a ritual to send off the gods into the sea during the last day of the Taoist Nine Emperor Gods festival in Singapore October 4, 2022. REUTERS/Edgar Su 

Devotees take part in a ritual to send off the gods into the sea during the last day of the Taoist Nine Emperor Gods festival in Singapore October 4, 2022. REUTERS/Edgar Su 

Devotees carrying a chariot take part in a ritual to send off the gods into the sea during the last day of the Taoist Nine Emperor Gods festival in Singapore October 4, 2022. REUTERS/Edgar Su 

Devotees carrying a chariot take part in a ritual to send off the gods into the sea during the last day of the Taoist Nine Emperor Gods festival in Singapore October 4, 2022. REUTERS/Edgar Su 

Devotees carrying a chariot take part in a ritual to send off the gods into the sea during the last day of the Taoist Nine Emperor Gods festival in Singapore October 4, 2022. REUTERS/Edgar Su 

Devotees carry a paper dragon boat as they take part in a ritual to send off the gods into the sea during the last day of the Taoist Nine Emperor Gods festival in Singapore October 4, 2022. REUTERS/Edgar Su 

Devotees push off paper boats into the sea as they take part in a ritual to send off the gods during the last day of the Taoist Nine Emperor Gods festival in Singapore October 4, 2022. REUTERS/Edgar Su 

Devotees take part in a ritual to send off the gods into the sea during the last day of the Taoist Nine Emperor Gods festival in Singapore October 4, 2022. REUTERS/Edgar Su 

Taoist priests conduct a ritual to send off the gods into the sea during the last day of the Taoist Nine Emperor Gods festival in Singapore October 4, 2022. REUTERS/Edgar Su 

The farewell ritual procession is seen amidst firecracker smoke at the last night of the annual vegetarian festival, observed by Taoist devotees from the Thai-Chinese community in the ninth lunar month of the Chinese calendar, in Phuket Town, Thailand October 4, 2022. REUTERS/Jorge Silva 

The farewell ritual procession is seen amidst firecracker smoke at the last night of the annual vegetarian festival, observed by Taoist devotees from the Thai-Chinese community in the ninth lunar month of the Chinese calendar, in Phuket Town, Thailand October 4, 2022. REUTERS/Jorge Silva 

People wait for the farewell ritual procession amidst firecracker smoke at the last night of the annual vegetarian festival, observed by Taoist devotees from the Thai-Chinese community in the ninth lunar month of the Chinese calendar, in Phuket Town, Thailand October 4, 2022. REUTERS/Jorge Silva 

People wait for the farewell ritual procession amidst firecracker smoke on the last night of the annual vegetarian festival, observed by Taoist devotees from the Thai-Chinese community in the ninth lunar month of the Chinese calendar, in Phuket Town, Thailand October 4, 2022. REUTERS/Jorge Silva 

Devotees pray as they take part in a ritual to send off the gods into the sea during the last day of the Taoist Nine Emperor Gods festival in Singapore October 4, 2022. REUTERS/Edgar Su 

Devotees in life vests pray as they take part in a ritual to send off the gods into the sea during the last day of the Taoist Nine Emperor Gods festival in Singapore October 4, 2022. REUTERS/Edgar Su 

Devotees take part in a ritual to send off the gods into the sea during the last day of the Taoist Nine Emperor Gods festival in Singapore October 4, 2022. REUTERS/Edgar Su 

Taoist devotees carry the emperor's sedan chair and walk on burning charcoal during the Chinese Nine Emperor Gods festival in Ampang, Selangor, Malaysia, October 4, 2022. REUTERS/Hasnoor Hussain 

Taoist devotees carry the emperor's sedan chair and walk on burning charcoal during the Chinese Nine Emperor Gods festival in Ampang, Selangor, Malaysia, October 4, 2022. REUTERS/Hasnoor Hussain 

A Taoist devotee pours gasoline into the fire on the final day of the Chinese Nine Emperor Gods festival at a temple in Ampang, Selangor, Malaysia, October 4, 2022. REUTERS/Hasnoor Hussain TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY 

Taoist devotees walk on burning charcoal during the Chinese Nine Emperor Gods Festival in Ampang, Selangor, Malaysia, October 4, 2022. REUTERS/Hasnoor Hussain 

Taoist devotees crush the charcoal on the last day of the Nine Emperor Gods festival in Ampang, Selangor, Malaysia, October 4, 2022. REUTERS/Hasnoor Hussain 

Taoist devotees burn josh papers to make fire on the final day of the Chinese Nine Emperor Gods festival at a temple in Ampang, Selangor, Malaysia, October 4, 2022. REUTERS/Hasnoor Hussain 

Taoist devotees perform a ritual during the Chinese Nine Emperor Gods festival at Kau Ong Ya temple in Ampang, Selangor, Malaysia, October 4, 2022. REUTERS/Hasnoor Hussain 

A medium man with his mouth pierced is portrayed while in trance during the Kathu Shrine procession amidst celebrations of the annual vegetarian festival, observed by Taoist devotees from the Thai-Chinese community in the ninth lunar month of the Chinese calendar, in Phuket Town, Thailand October 3, 2022. REUTERS/Jorge Silva 

A medium man with his mouth and body pierced is portrayed while in trance during the Kathu Shrine procession amidst celebrations of the annual vegetarian festival, observed by Taoist devotees from the Thai-Chinese community in the ninth lunar month of the Chinese calendar, in Phuket Town, Thailand October 3, 2022. REUTERS/Jorge Silva 

A medium woman with her mouth pierced is portrayed while in trance during the Jui Tui Shrine procession amidst celebrations of the annual vegetarian festival, observed by Taoist devotees from the Thai-Chinese community in the ninth lunar month of the Chinese calendar, in Phuket Town, Thailand October 2, 2022. REUTERS/Jorge Silva 

A medium woman with her mouth pierced is portrayed while in trance during the Kathu Shrine procession amidst celebrations of the annual vegetarian festival, observed by Taoist devotees from the Thai-Chinese community in the ninth lunar month of the Chinese calendar, in Phuket Town, Thailand October 3, 2022. REUTERS/Jorge Silva 

A medium woman with her mouth pierced is portrayed during the Jui Tui Shrine procession amidst celebrations of the annual vegetarian festival, observed by Taoist devotees from the Thai-Chinese community in the ninth lunar month of the Chinese calendar, in Phuket Town, Thailand October 2, 2022. REUTERS/Jorge Silva TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY 

People participate in the Kathu Shrine procession during the annual vegetarian festival, observed by Taoist devotees from the Thai-Chinese community in the ninth lunar month of the Chinese calendar, in Phuket, Thailand October 3, 2022. REUTERS/Jorge Silva 

People participate in the Kathu Shrine procession during the annual vegetarian festival, observed by Taoist devotees from the Thai-Chinese community in the ninth lunar month of the Chinese calendar, in Phuket, Thailand October 3, 2022. REUTERS/Jorge Silva 

People take part in the Kathu Shrine procession during the annual vegetarian festival, observed by Taoist devotees from the Thai-Chinese community in the ninth lunar month of the Chinese calendar, in Phuket, Thailand October 3, 2022. REUTERS/Jorge Silva 

People participate in the Kathu Shrine procession during the annual vegetarian festival, observed by Taoist devotees from the Thai-Chinese community in the ninth lunar month of the Chinese calendar, in Phuket, Thailand October 3, 2022. REUTERS/Jorge Silva 

People take part in the Kathu Shrine procession during the annual vegetarian festival, observed by Taoist devotees from the Thai-Chinese community in the ninth lunar month of the Chinese calendar, in Phuket, Thailand October 3, 2022. REUTERS/Jorge Silva 

A view of a painting of a child wearing a traditional Chinese dress, as people wait for the Kathu Shrine procession, during the annual vegetarian festival, observed by Taoist devotees from the Thai-Chinese community in the ninth lunar month of the Chinese calendar, in Phuket, Thailand October 3, 2022. REUTERS/Jorge Silva 

People take part in the Kathu Shrine procession during the annual vegetarian festival, observed by Taoist devotees from the Thai-Chinese community in the ninth lunar month of the Chinese calendar, in Phuket, Thailand October 3, 2022. REUTERS/Jorge Silva 

People take part in the Kathu Shrine procession during the annual vegetarian festival, observed by Taoist devotees from the Thai-Chinese community in the ninth lunar month of the Chinese calendar, in Phuket, Thailand October 3, 2022. REUTERS/Jorge Silva 

People take part in the Kathu Shrine procession during the annual vegetarian festival, observed by Taoist devotees from the Thai-Chinese community in the ninth lunar month of the Chinese calendar, in Phuket, Thailand October 3, 2022. REUTERS/Jorge Silva