Working for ghosts
By Marco Ferrarese
August 2014 FEATURE
Death sells, and behind the Hungry Ghost Festival’s carnival of souls, artisans craft religious effigies for a business that is very much alive and kicking.Ornate paper effigy of the King of Hell.The best part of the Hungry Ghost Festival comes at the end of the seventh lunar month, when a melee of Chinese limbs lift up statues of the Taoist King of Hell, Tay Su Yeah, from makeshift street temples and carry them for one last joyride around the streets...
Marco Ferrarese
is a musician, author and travel writer. He has written about overland travel and extreme music in Asia, and blogs at www.monkeyrockworld.com. He also curates the Penang Insider, the smart guide for traveling and living in Penang, at www.penang-insider.com. His latest book, The Travels of Marco Yolo, is available in bookstores. Follow him on Twitter @monkeyrockworld.
