The Hungry Ghost Festival – A Symbol of Community Solidarity
By Lim Sok Swan, Alexander Fernandez
September 2022PHOTO ESSAY
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Photos by Alexander FernandezTHE HUNGRY GHOST FESTIVAL, which takes place annually throughout the seventh month of the lunar calendar (which falls around August this year), is when many from the Chinese community would give offerings to wandering ghosts.Different legends expound these ritual practices, the most common one being that the gates of hell are thrust open annually on the seventh month of the lunar calendar. For the entirety of the month, hungry ghosts are released to roam in the human...
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