HUNGRY GHOST FESTIVAL

Most Americans celebrate Halloween. In Singapore and China, they celebrate the Hungry Ghost Festival. On the seventh lunar month of every year they think that the ghosts of their dead ancestors come out from hell and want food. The Chinese Buddhists make plates of food and leave them on sidewalks and in the middle of the street. Most hawkers have elaborate displays of food and incense. They also offer the ghosts fake money by burning piles of it in the streets. The picture is of a plate of fruit that I almost stepped in yesterday.