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SECRET SOCIETIES // 2020

TYPICAL GROUP WHOSE RITUALS AND

ACTIVITIES ARE HIDDEN AWAY FROM

NON-MEMBERS

Ritual activites;
The initiation ceremony - kongsi's Kai Xiang Tang

Roll up left pant leg and right sleeve, and replace shoes with
grass sandals.
The journey end - drink the Red Flower Pavilion after pricked
the finger and the blood mixed with chicken blood, rice wine,
and sugar.

Hidden activities;
Deconstructing Signs and Codes - to avoid undue suspicion
from the outside world.

Gambling dens underground held by the secret societies
because the Grand Jury prohibited all forms of gambling. the
secret societies also invested in brothels, gambling dens, and
opium dens as gambling as their sources of incomes.