A family friend whose company operates a factory in Sanchong invited me to observe their annual weiya a few weeks ago. What is a "weiya," you ask? Simply put, it's a party that Taiwanese businesses throw towards the end of the lunar year--employees and partners alike are invited and everyone eats and drinks and drinks and drinks some more. I took this photo towards the beginning of the evening, when everyone was still fairly sober. What you're seeing is a makeshift stage the employees set up in the middle of the factory floor for speeches, karaoke, drag performance, and even magic tricks. By the end of the night, a petulant (drunk) employee had torn down all the balloons and popped them with his feet. *sung to the tune of "Hey Ya"
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