Thursday, March 15, 2012

Tortoise for the Deity

When I was still a kid,  me and cousins always excited to see this tortoise.  This cute tortoise is only available during the deity birthday which fall on the lunar calendar 22/02.  My late grandmother will go to the temple early in the morning for prayer and offering.  She will bring home 18 pcs of tortoise for each of her grandchildren.  The tortoise is actually a plain steam bun. I remember that we use to play with it kind of rough.  As it became crippled by end of the day.  By the next day what left is only the body.

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5 comments:

Coffee Girl said...

Jaq, first time i saw this. Is it for eating for deco only? coz u said u played with it so im not sure if u actually eat them. ;-)

Ms Tikot said...

Dah dimakan tortoise tok tek kah ;-)

Jacqueline Cheong said...

@dinah Can be eaten... :-) but u knw when were young everything became our toys

@tika sik makan masih in one piece....

Coffee Girl said...

hahahah. my mami said dont play with ur food or they will haunt u in ur sleep hehe

Jacqueline Cheong said...

Hhahahaha....by night time the totoise tingal badan ajak