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

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BUKIT MERTAJAM, Malaysia (AP) — For 15 days, devotees pray and make offerings before a towering paper-and-bamboo effigy of Da Shi Ye. The celebration culminates in the ceremonial burning of the effigy, symbolically sending the deity back to the spirit world.

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

BUKIT MERTAJAM, Malaysia (AP) — For 15 days, devotees pray and make offerings before a towering paper-and-bamboo effigy of Da Shi Ye. The celebration culminates in the ceremonial burning of the effigy, symbolically sending the deity back to the spirit world.

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Religion News Service broke the news in Washington, United States on Thursday, September 3, 2026.
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