A Japanese-style lantern float featuring the sea goddess Matsu headlined the Team Taiwan baseball parade at the Taiwan Lantern Festival in Chiayi County on Saturday evening.
The mega-size art piece was a Japanese Nebuta, a traditional lantern float handmade from wood, metal wire and paper.
The Nenuta float is such an artistic staple that the Aomori Nebuta Festival was designated an Important Intangible Folk Cultural Property of Japan in 1980.
Photo: Wang Shan-yan, Taipei Times
The Taiwan Lantern Festival float spotlighted Matsu in the center, secured by her famous ogre guardians to her left and right.
The float was crafted domestically in Taiwan by Nebuta artists Makoto Suwa and Hiromi Hayashi, from Japan’s Aomori City, who were invited by the General Association of Chinese Culture to serve as resident artists for the festival.
Both Nebuta artists frequented the county’s Puzi Peitian Temple to get inspirations for the deities they sculpted for the annual lantern festival.
The float headlined the parade on Saturday to celebrate Team Taiwan at the ongoing World Baseball Classic (WBC), where Taiwan defeated the Czech Republic 14-0 at the Tokyo Dome the same day.
To celebrate the parade and Taiwan’s first victory in this year’s WBC, passionate dance and music performances, as well as drone shows also accompanied the various floats in the parade.
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