The living care for ancestors and wandering spirits at Malaysia’s Hungry Ghost Festival – WTOP News

The living care for ancestors and wandering spirits at Malaysia’s Hungry Ghost Festival – WTOP News

BUKIT MERTAJAM, Malaysia (AP) — It’s that time of year when the living make room for the dead. Malaysia’s Hungry Ghost Festival is held during the seventh month of the Chinese lunar calendar, which this year began in mid-August. “It is centered around the worship of Da Shi Ye, also known as the Guardian God...

The living care for ancestors and wandering spirits at Malaysia’s Hungry Ghost Festival

BUKIT MERTAJAM, Malaysia (AP) — It’s that time of year when the living make room for the dead. Malaysia’s Hungry Ghost Festival is held during the seventh month of the Chinese lunar calendar, which this year began in mid-August.

The living care for ancestors and wandering spirits at Malaysia's Hungry Ghost Festival

The Hungry Ghost Festival is observed during the seventh month of the lunar calendar, drawing on Buddhist, Taoist and folk religious beliefs about the relationship between the living and the dead.

The living care for ancestors, wandering spirits at Malaysia's Hungry Ghost Festival

The Hungry Ghost Festival is observed during the seventh month of the lunar calendar, drawing on Buddhist, Taoist and folk religious beliefs about the relationship between the living and the dead

​Unik! Begini Tradisi Pembakaran Patung Da Shi Ye di Hungry Ghost Festival Malaysia

Malaysia: Suasana unik mewarnai puncak perayaan Hungry Ghost Festival di Bukit Mertajam, Penang, Malaysia. Ribuan warga mengikuti rangkaian perayaan selama 15 hari yang ditutup dengan ritual pembakaran patung raksasa Da Shi Ye sebagai simbol mengirim kembali sang dewa ke dunia roh. Patung Da Shi Ye yang dipercaya sebagai dewa penjaga para roh terlebih dahulu diusung ke jalan sebelum akhirnya dibakar dalam ritual penutup. Tradisi ini telah dilaku…