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People burn different types of joss paper to help spirits in the realm of the dead go on holiday, make new clothes, let go of grievances and more.

Scanning the room, I saw that it was entirely empty. Something about the room made me uneasy, like I was trespassing somehow, but I shrugged it off as post-work stress and tried to enjoy the fact that I could sit wherever I wanted to.

A night out to the movies plays out in the wild imaginations of young children.

As she was handcuffed and escorted to the police car, she acted strangely and started cursing at the officers for disturbing the soul of her protector.

IPOH: There was certainly no taboo for 13 couples who decided to tie the knot despite it being the Hungry Ghost Festival month.

As the door of hell is opened during this time, it is advisable for night owls to hibernate early, be home before dusk, as the ghosts are granted freedom to roam the Earth.

ALOR SETAR: Thousands of devotees gave a grand send-off to the King of Hell effigy (Tai Su Yeah in Hokkien) which made it to the Malaysian Book of Records as the largest in the country at the Tow Boo Keong Temple in Mergong on Tuesday (Aug 9) near here.

ALOR SETAR: A giant effigy of the King of Hell (Tai Su Yeah in Hokkien) made it to the Malaysian Book of Records for being the largest in the country.Standing at 12.98m (or the height of a four-storey building), this fearsome Chinese deity, with a cobalt visage and a pair of long fangs jutting out from its lower jaw, took Gan Kheng Leong, 62, a month to build.

Learn about some Hungry Ghost Festival facts while celebrating this annual celebration. If you live in Singapore, you probably know what the Hungry Ghost Festival is all about. While Americans have Halloween, Singaporean people have the Hungry Ghost Festival. The Hungry Ghost Festival is also known as Zhong Yuan Jie in Chinese. It is one of several important festival dates...

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