TY - JOUR T1 - Getting Good Fortune: The Case of a Tangki Ceremony in a Chinese Temple in Kelantan AU - Stark, Alexander AU - Mei, Chin Siao AU - Kurniawan, Yohan AU - Ying, See Soo AU - Shaharuddin, Wan Yusoff Wan JO - The Social Sciences VL - 13 IS - 1 SP - 127 EP - 130 PY - 2018 DA - 2001/08/19 SN - 1818-5800 DO - sscience.2018.127.130 UR - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=sscience.2018.127.130 KW - Festival of the Nine Emperor Gods KW -Tangki-rite de passage KW -from ill-fortune KW -good-fortune KW -passage KW -better destiny AB - The bridge crossing ceremony during the festival of the Nine Emperor Gods is a well-known event in the temple of Ling Ying Dian, Kota Bharu. The people go there in order to change their current situation with the intention to purify themselves and achieve a better destiny. Actually, this is similar to a rite the passage in which the situation from the person changes in this case from ill-fortune to good-fortune. ER -