Various Places in Asia
chinahighlights.com
The Hungry Ghosts Festival is a Taoist holiday celebrated in Chinese communities all across South East Asia from Phuket in Thailand, to Penang in Malaysia. Offerings of food are given to ancestors along with “gifts” represented by paper notes and fake money.
Each note can represent new TVs, cars, household items, or other gifts that the ancestors may enjoy in the afterlife. The notes are thrown in the air and burned. Starting new undertakings and traveling during the Hungry Ghosts period is considered unlucky.
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Hungry Ghosts Festival
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