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  • 26 AUGUST 2018 - GEORGE TOWN, PENANG, MALAYSIA: Chinese opera performers participate in a prayer before a Hokkien style Chinese opera on the Lim Jetty in George Town for the Hungry Ghost Festival. The opera troupe came to George Town from Fujian province in China. The Hungry Ghost Festival is a traditional Buddhist and Taoist festival held in Chinese communities throughout Asia. The Ghost Festival, also called Ghost Day, is on the 15th night of the seventh month (25 August in 2018). During the Hungry Ghost Festival, the deceased are believed to visit the living. In many Chinese communities, there are Chinese operas and puppet shows and elaborate banquets are staged to appease the ghosts.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 26 AUGUST 2018 - GEORGE TOWN, PENANG, MALAYSIA: A performer puts on her make up before going on stage for a Hokkien style Chinese opera on the Lim Jetty in George Town for the Hungry Ghost Festival. The opera troupe came to George Town from Fujian province in China. The Hungry Ghost Festival is a traditional Buddhist and Taoist festival held in Chinese communities throughout Asia. The Ghost Festival, also called Ghost Day, is on the 15th night of the seventh month (25 August in 2018). During the Hungry Ghost Festival, the deceased are believed to visit the living. In many Chinese communities, there are Chinese operas and puppet shows and elaborate banquets are staged to appease the ghosts.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 24 AUGUST 2018 - GEORGE TOWN, PENANG, MALAYSIA: Taoist priests perform a hungry ghost ritual in front of a home in George Town during Hungry Ghost Month. The Ghost Festival, also known as the Hungry Ghost Festival is a traditional Buddhist and Taoist festival held in Chinese communities throughout Asia. The Ghost Festival, also called Ghost Day, is on the 15th night of the seventh month (25 August in 2018). During Ghost Festival, the deceased are believed to visit the living. In many Chinese communities, there are Chinese operas and puppet shows and elaborate banquets are staged to appease the ghosts.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 26 AUGUST 2018 - GEORGE TOWN, PENANG, MALAYSIA: People watch a Hokkien style Chinese opera on the Lim Jetty in George Town for the Hungry Ghost Festival. The opera troupe came to George Town from Fujian province in China. The Hungry Ghost Festival is a traditional Buddhist and Taoist festival held in Chinese communities throughout Asia. The Ghost Festival, also called Ghost Day, is on the 15th night of the seventh month (25 August in 2018). During the Hungry Ghost Festival, the deceased are believed to visit the living. In many Chinese communities, there are Chinese operas and puppet shows and elaborate banquets are staged to appease the ghosts.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 26 AUGUST 2018 - GEORGE TOWN, PENANG, MALAYSIA: A Hokkien style Chinese opera is performed on the Lim Jetty in George Town for the Hungry Ghost Festival. The opera troupe came to George Town from Fujian province in China. The Hungry Ghost Festival is a traditional Buddhist and Taoist festival held in Chinese communities throughout Asia. The Ghost Festival, also called Ghost Day, is on the 15th night of the seventh month (25 August in 2018). During the Hungry Ghost Festival, the deceased are believed to visit the living. In many Chinese communities, there are Chinese operas and puppet shows and elaborate banquets are staged to appease the ghosts.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 26 AUGUST 2018 - GEORGE TOWN, PENANG, MALAYSIA: A performer puts on his hat before a Hokkien style Chinese opera on the Lim Jetty in George Town for the Hungry Ghost Festival. The opera troupe came to George Town from Fujian province in China. The Hungry Ghost Festival is a traditional Buddhist and Taoist festival held in Chinese communities throughout Asia. The Ghost Festival, also called Ghost Day, is on the 15th night of the seventh month (25 August in 2018). During the Hungry Ghost Festival, the deceased are believed to visit the living. In many Chinese communities, there are Chinese operas and puppet shows and elaborate banquets are staged to appease the ghosts.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 26 AUGUST 2018 - GEORGE TOWN, PENANG, MALAYSIA: A woman gets into her costume before a Hokkien style Chinese opera on the Lim Jetty in George Town for the Hungry Ghost Festival. The opera troupe came to George Town from Fujian province in China. The Hungry Ghost Festival is a traditional Buddhist and Taoist festival held in Chinese communities throughout Asia. The Ghost Festival, also called Ghost Day, is on the 15th night of the seventh month (25 August in 2018). During the Hungry Ghost Festival, the deceased are believed to visit the living. In many Chinese communities, there are Chinese operas and puppet shows and elaborate banquets are staged to appease the ghosts.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 26 AUGUST 2018 - GEORGE TOWN, PENANG, MALAYSIA: A woman gets into her costume before a Hokkien style Chinese opera on the Lim Jetty in George Town for the Hungry Ghost Festival. The opera troupe came to George Town from Fujian province in China. The Hungry Ghost Festival is a traditional Buddhist and Taoist festival held in Chinese communities throughout Asia. The Ghost Festival, also called Ghost Day, is on the 15th night of the seventh month (25 August in 2018). During the Hungry Ghost Festival, the deceased are believed to visit the living. In many Chinese communities, there are Chinese operas and puppet shows and elaborate banquets are staged to appease the ghosts.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 26 AUGUST 2018 - GEORGE TOWN, PENANG, MALAYSIA: A woman gets into her costume before a Hokkien style Chinese opera on the Lim Jetty in George Town for the Hungry Ghost Festival. The opera troupe came to George Town from Fujian province in China. The Hungry Ghost Festival is a traditional Buddhist and Taoist festival held in Chinese communities throughout Asia. The Ghost Festival, also called Ghost Day, is on the 15th night of the seventh month (25 August in 2018). During the Hungry Ghost Festival, the deceased are believed to visit the living. In many Chinese communities, there are Chinese operas and puppet shows and elaborate banquets are staged to appease the ghosts.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 26 AUGUST 2018 - GEORGE TOWN, PENANG, MALAYSIA: A performer puts on her make up before going on stage for a Hokkien style Chinese opera on the Lim Jetty in George Town for the Hungry Ghost Festival. The opera troupe came to George Town from Fujian province in China. The Hungry Ghost Festival is a traditional Buddhist and Taoist festival held in Chinese communities throughout Asia. The Ghost Festival, also called Ghost Day, is on the 15th night of the seventh month (25 August in 2018). During the Hungry Ghost Festival, the deceased are believed to visit the living. In many Chinese communities, there are Chinese operas and puppet shows and elaborate banquets are staged to appease the ghosts.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 26 AUGUST 2018 - GEORGE TOWN, PENANG, MALAYSIA: A performer relaxes backstage before a Hokkien style Chinese opera on the Lim Jetty in George Town for the Hungry Ghost Festival. The opera troupe came to George Town from Fujian province in China. The Hungry Ghost Festival is a traditional Buddhist and Taoist festival held in Chinese communities throughout Asia. The Ghost Festival, also called Ghost Day, is on the 15th night of the seventh month (25 August in 2018). During the Hungry Ghost Festival, the deceased are believed to visit the living. In many Chinese communities, there are Chinese operas and puppet shows and elaborate banquets are staged to appease the ghosts.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 26 AUGUST 2018 - GEORGE TOWN, PENANG, MALAYSIA: A performer puts on her make up before going on stage for a Hokkien style Chinese opera on the Lim Jetty in George Town for the Hungry Ghost Festival. The opera troupe came to George Town from Fujian province in China. The Hungry Ghost Festival is a traditional Buddhist and Taoist festival held in Chinese communities throughout Asia. The Ghost Festival, also called Ghost Day, is on the 15th night of the seventh month (25 August in 2018). During the Hungry Ghost Festival, the deceased are believed to visit the living. In many Chinese communities, there are Chinese operas and puppet shows and elaborate banquets are staged to appease the ghosts.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 26 AUGUST 2018 - GEORGE TOWN, PENANG, MALAYSIA: A performer is photographed by a child with a smart phone before a Hokkien style Chinese opera on the Lim Jetty in George Town for the Hungry Ghost Festival. The opera troupe came to George Town from Fujian province in China. The Hungry Ghost Festival is a traditional Buddhist and Taoist festival held in Chinese communities throughout Asia. The Ghost Festival, also called Ghost Day, is on the 15th night of the seventh month (25 August in 2018). During the Hungry Ghost Festival, the deceased are believed to visit the living. In many Chinese communities, there are Chinese operas and puppet shows and elaborate banquets are staged to appease the ghosts.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 26 AUGUST 2018 - GEORGE TOWN, PENANG, MALAYSIA: A performer puts on her make up before going on stage for a Hokkien style Chinese opera on the Lim Jetty in George Town for the Hungry Ghost Festival. The opera troupe came to George Town from Fujian province in China. The Hungry Ghost Festival is a traditional Buddhist and Taoist festival held in Chinese communities throughout Asia. The Ghost Festival, also called Ghost Day, is on the 15th night of the seventh month (25 August in 2018). During the Hungry Ghost Festival, the deceased are believed to visit the living. In many Chinese communities, there are Chinese operas and puppet shows and elaborate banquets are staged to appease the ghosts.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 26 AUGUST 2018 - GEORGE TOWN, PENANG, MALAYSIA: A performer puts on her make up before going on stage for a Hokkien style Chinese opera on the Lim Jetty in George Town for the Hungry Ghost Festival. The opera troupe came to George Town from Fujian province in China. The Hungry Ghost Festival is a traditional Buddhist and Taoist festival held in Chinese communities throughout Asia. The Ghost Festival, also called Ghost Day, is on the 15th night of the seventh month (25 August in 2018). During the Hungry Ghost Festival, the deceased are believed to visit the living. In many Chinese communities, there are Chinese operas and puppet shows and elaborate banquets are staged to appease the ghosts.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 26 AUGUST 2018 - GEORGE TOWN, PENANG, MALAYSIA: Performers rehearse a fight scene before a Hokkien style Chinese opera on the Lim Jetty in George Town for the Hungry Ghost Festival. The opera troupe came to George Town from Fujian province in China. The Hungry Ghost Festival is a traditional Buddhist and Taoist festival held in Chinese communities throughout Asia. The Ghost Festival, also called Ghost Day, is on the 15th night of the seventh month (25 August in 2018). During the Hungry Ghost Festival, the deceased are believed to visit the living. In many Chinese communities, there are Chinese operas and puppet shows and elaborate banquets are staged to appease the ghosts.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 26 AUGUST 2018 - GEORGE TOWN, PENANG, MALAYSIA: A performer puts on his make up before going on stage for a Hokkien style Chinese opera on the Lim Jetty in George Town for the Hungry Ghost Festival. The opera troupe came to George Town from Fujian province in China. The Hungry Ghost Festival is a traditional Buddhist and Taoist festival held in Chinese communities throughout Asia. The Ghost Festival, also called Ghost Day, is on the 15th night of the seventh month (25 August in 2018). During the Hungry Ghost Festival, the deceased are believed to visit the living. In many Chinese communities, there are Chinese operas and puppet shows and elaborate banquets are staged to appease the ghosts.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 26 AUGUST 2018 - GEORGE TOWN, PENANG, MALAYSIA: A child performer rehearses before going on stage for a Hokkien style Chinese opera on the Lim Jetty in George Town for the Hungry Ghost Festival. The opera troupe came to George Town from Fujian province in China. The Hungry Ghost Festival is a traditional Buddhist and Taoist festival held in Chinese communities throughout Asia. The Ghost Festival, also called Ghost Day, is on the 15th night of the seventh month (25 August in 2018). During the Hungry Ghost Festival, the deceased are believed to visit the living. In many Chinese communities, there are Chinese operas and puppet shows and elaborate banquets are staged to appease the ghosts.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 26 AUGUST 2018 - GEORGE TOWN, PENANG, MALAYSIA: A man prays at the temple on the Lim Clan Jetty before a Hokkien style opera troupe from China performs on the jetty for the Hungry Ghost Festival. The Hungry Ghost Festival is a traditional Buddhist and Taoist festival held in Chinese communities throughout Asia. The Ghost Festival, also called Ghost Day, is on the 15th night of the seventh month (25 August in 2018). During the Hungry Ghost Festival, the deceased are believed to visit the living. In many Chinese communities, there are Chinese operas and puppet shows and elaborate banquets are staged to appease the ghosts.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 26 AUGUST 2018 - GEORGE TOWN, PENANG, MALAYSIA: A man prays at the temple on the Lim Clan Jetty before a Hokkien style opera troupe from China performs on the jetty for the Hungry Ghost Festival. The Hungry Ghost Festival is a traditional Buddhist and Taoist festival held in Chinese communities throughout Asia. The Ghost Festival, also called Ghost Day, is on the 15th night of the seventh month (25 August in 2018). During the Hungry Ghost Festival, the deceased are believed to visit the living. In many Chinese communities, there are Chinese operas and puppet shows and elaborate banquets are staged to appease the ghosts.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 26 AUGUST 2018 - GEORGE TOWN, PENANG, MALAYSIA: People watch a Hokkien style Chinese opera on the Lim Jetty in George Town for the Hungry Ghost Festival. The opera troupe came to George Town from Fujian province in China. The Hungry Ghost Festival is a traditional Buddhist and Taoist festival held in Chinese communities throughout Asia. The Ghost Festival, also called Ghost Day, is on the 15th night of the seventh month (25 August in 2018). During the Hungry Ghost Festival, the deceased are believed to visit the living. In many Chinese communities, there are Chinese operas and puppet shows and elaborate banquets are staged to appease the ghosts.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 26 AUGUST 2018 - GEORGE TOWN, PENANG, MALAYSIA: A Hokkien style Chinese opera is performed on the Lim Jetty in George Town for the Hungry Ghost Festival. The opera troupe came to George Town from Fujian province in China. The Hungry Ghost Festival is a traditional Buddhist and Taoist festival held in Chinese communities throughout Asia. The Ghost Festival, also called Ghost Day, is on the 15th night of the seventh month (25 August in 2018). During the Hungry Ghost Festival, the deceased are believed to visit the living. In many Chinese communities, there are Chinese operas and puppet shows and elaborate banquets are staged to appease the ghosts.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 26 AUGUST 2018 - GEORGE TOWN, PENANG, MALAYSIA: Chinese opera performers participate in a prayer before a Hokkien style Chinese opera on the Lim Jetty in George Town for the Hungry Ghost Festival. The opera troupe came to George Town from Fujian province in China. The Hungry Ghost Festival is a traditional Buddhist and Taoist festival held in Chinese communities throughout Asia. The Ghost Festival, also called Ghost Day, is on the 15th night of the seventh month (25 August in 2018). During the Hungry Ghost Festival, the deceased are believed to visit the living. In many Chinese communities, there are Chinese operas and puppet shows and elaborate banquets are staged to appease the ghosts.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 26 AUGUST 2018 - GEORGE TOWN, PENANG, MALAYSIA: Chinese opera performers participate in a prayer before a Hokkien style Chinese opera on the Lim Jetty in George Town for the Hungry Ghost Festival. The opera troupe came to George Town from Fujian province in China. The Hungry Ghost Festival is a traditional Buddhist and Taoist festival held in Chinese communities throughout Asia. The Ghost Festival, also called Ghost Day, is on the 15th night of the seventh month (25 August in 2018). During the Hungry Ghost Festival, the deceased are believed to visit the living. In many Chinese communities, there are Chinese operas and puppet shows and elaborate banquets are staged to appease the ghosts.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 26 AUGUST 2018 - GEORGE TOWN, PENANG, MALAYSIA: Chinese opera performers participate in a prayer before a Hokkien style Chinese opera on the Lim Jetty in George Town for the Hungry Ghost Festival. The opera troupe came to George Town from Fujian province in China. The Hungry Ghost Festival is a traditional Buddhist and Taoist festival held in Chinese communities throughout Asia. The Ghost Festival, also called Ghost Day, is on the 15th night of the seventh month (25 August in 2018). During the Hungry Ghost Festival, the deceased are believed to visit the living. In many Chinese communities, there are Chinese operas and puppet shows and elaborate banquets are staged to appease the ghosts.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 26 AUGUST 2018 - GEORGE TOWN, PENANG, MALAYSIA: A woman gets into her costume before a Hokkien style Chinese opera on the Lim Jetty in George Town for the Hungry Ghost Festival. The opera troupe came to George Town from Fujian province in China. The Hungry Ghost Festival is a traditional Buddhist and Taoist festival held in Chinese communities throughout Asia. The Ghost Festival, also called Ghost Day, is on the 15th night of the seventh month (25 August in 2018). During the Hungry Ghost Festival, the deceased are believed to visit the living. In many Chinese communities, there are Chinese operas and puppet shows and elaborate banquets are staged to appease the ghosts.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 26 AUGUST 2018 - GEORGE TOWN, PENANG, MALAYSIA: A performer relaxes on stage before a Hokkien style Chinese opera on the Lim Jetty in George Town for the Hungry Ghost Festival. The opera troupe came to George Town from Fujian province in China. The Hungry Ghost Festival is a traditional Buddhist and Taoist festival held in Chinese communities throughout Asia. The Ghost Festival, also called Ghost Day, is on the 15th night of the seventh month (25 August in 2018). During the Hungry Ghost Festival, the deceased are believed to visit the living. In many Chinese communities, there are Chinese operas and puppet shows and elaborate banquets are staged to appease the ghosts.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 26 AUGUST 2018 - GEORGE TOWN, PENANG, MALAYSIA: A performer rehearses a fight scene before a Hokkien style Chinese opera on the Lim Jetty in George Town for the Hungry Ghost Festival. The opera troupe came to George Town from Fujian province in China. The Hungry Ghost Festival is a traditional Buddhist and Taoist festival held in Chinese communities throughout Asia. The Ghost Festival, also called Ghost Day, is on the 15th night of the seventh month (25 August in 2018). During the Hungry Ghost Festival, the deceased are believed to visit the living. In many Chinese communities, there are Chinese operas and puppet shows and elaborate banquets are staged to appease the ghosts.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 26 AUGUST 2018 - GEORGE TOWN, PENANG, MALAYSIA: A child gets help with her hair and makeup before a Hokkien style Chinese opera on the Lim Jetty in George Town for the Hungry Ghost Festival. The opera troupe came to George Town from Fujian province in China. The Hungry Ghost Festival is a traditional Buddhist and Taoist festival held in Chinese communities throughout Asia. The Ghost Festival, also called Ghost Day, is on the 15th night of the seventh month (25 August in 2018). During the Hungry Ghost Festival, the deceased are believed to visit the living. In many Chinese communities, there are Chinese operas and puppet shows and elaborate banquets are staged to appease the ghosts.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 26 AUGUST 2018 - GEORGE TOWN, PENANG, MALAYSIA: A child performer gets help with her hair before going on stage for a Hokkien style Chinese opera on the Lim Jetty in George Town for the Hungry Ghost Festival. The opera troupe came to George Town from Fujian province in China. The Hungry Ghost Festival is a traditional Buddhist and Taoist festival held in Chinese communities throughout Asia. The Ghost Festival, also called Ghost Day, is on the 15th night of the seventh month (25 August in 2018). During the Hungry Ghost Festival, the deceased are believed to visit the living. In many Chinese communities, there are Chinese operas and puppet shows and elaborate banquets are staged to appease the ghosts.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 26 AUGUST 2018 - GEORGE TOWN, PENANG, MALAYSIA: A performer puts on her make up before going on stage for a Hokkien style Chinese opera on the Lim Jetty in George Town for the Hungry Ghost Festival. The opera troupe came to George Town from Fujian province in China. The Hungry Ghost Festival is a traditional Buddhist and Taoist festival held in Chinese communities throughout Asia. The Ghost Festival, also called Ghost Day, is on the 15th night of the seventh month (25 August in 2018). During the Hungry Ghost Festival, the deceased are believed to visit the living. In many Chinese communities, there are Chinese operas and puppet shows and elaborate banquets are staged to appease the ghosts.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 26 AUGUST 2018 - GEORGE TOWN, PENANG, MALAYSIA: A performer puts on her make up before going on stage for a Hokkien style Chinese opera on the Lim Jetty in George Town for the Hungry Ghost Festival. The opera troupe came to George Town from Fujian province in China. The Hungry Ghost Festival is a traditional Buddhist and Taoist festival held in Chinese communities throughout Asia. The Ghost Festival, also called Ghost Day, is on the 15th night of the seventh month (25 August in 2018). During the Hungry Ghost Festival, the deceased are believed to visit the living. In many Chinese communities, there are Chinese operas and puppet shows and elaborate banquets are staged to appease the ghosts.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 26 AUGUST 2018 - GEORGE TOWN, PENANG, MALAYSIA: A performer puts on her make up before going on stage for a Hokkien style Chinese opera on the Lim Jetty in George Town for the Hungry Ghost Festival. The opera troupe came to George Town from Fujian province in China. The Hungry Ghost Festival is a traditional Buddhist and Taoist festival held in Chinese communities throughout Asia. The Ghost Festival, also called Ghost Day, is on the 15th night of the seventh month (25 August in 2018). During the Hungry Ghost Festival, the deceased are believed to visit the living. In many Chinese communities, there are Chinese operas and puppet shows and elaborate banquets are staged to appease the ghosts.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 26 AUGUST 2018 - GEORGE TOWN, PENANG, MALAYSIA: A performer puts on her make up before going on stage for a Hokkien style Chinese opera on the Lim Jetty in George Town for the Hungry Ghost Festival. The opera troupe came to George Town from Fujian province in China. The Hungry Ghost Festival is a traditional Buddhist and Taoist festival held in Chinese communities throughout Asia. The Ghost Festival, also called Ghost Day, is on the 15th night of the seventh month (25 August in 2018). During the Hungry Ghost Festival, the deceased are believed to visit the living. In many Chinese communities, there are Chinese operas and puppet shows and elaborate banquets are staged to appease the ghosts.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 26 AUGUST 2018 - GEORGE TOWN, PENANG, MALAYSIA: A performer puts on her make up before going on stage for a Hokkien style Chinese opera on the Lim Jetty in George Town for the Hungry Ghost Festival. The opera troupe came to George Town from Fujian province in China. The Hungry Ghost Festival is a traditional Buddhist and Taoist festival held in Chinese communities throughout Asia. The Ghost Festival, also called Ghost Day, is on the 15th night of the seventh month (25 August in 2018). During the Hungry Ghost Festival, the deceased are believed to visit the living. In many Chinese communities, there are Chinese operas and puppet shows and elaborate banquets are staged to appease the ghosts.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 26 AUGUST 2018 - GEORGE TOWN, PENANG, MALAYSIA: A Hokkien style Chinese opera is performed on the Lim Jetty in George Town for the Hungry Ghost Festival. The opera troupe came to George Town from Fujian province in China. The Hungry Ghost Festival is a traditional Buddhist and Taoist festival held in Chinese communities throughout Asia. The Ghost Festival, also called Ghost Day, is on the 15th night of the seventh month (25 August in 2018). During the Hungry Ghost Festival, the deceased are believed to visit the living. In many Chinese communities, there are Chinese operas and puppet shows and elaborate banquets are staged to appease the ghosts.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 26 AUGUST 2018 - GEORGE TOWN, PENANG, MALAYSIA: A Hokkien style Chinese opera is performed on the Lim Jetty in George Town for the Hungry Ghost Festival. The opera troupe came to George Town from Fujian province in China. The Hungry Ghost Festival is a traditional Buddhist and Taoist festival held in Chinese communities throughout Asia. The Ghost Festival, also called Ghost Day, is on the 15th night of the seventh month (25 August in 2018). During the Hungry Ghost Festival, the deceased are believed to visit the living. In many Chinese communities, there are Chinese operas and puppet shows and elaborate banquets are staged to appease the ghosts.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 26 AUGUST 2018 - GEORGE TOWN, PENANG, MALAYSIA: A Hokkien style Chinese opera is performed on the Lim Jetty in George Town for the Hungry Ghost Festival. The opera troupe came to George Town from Fujian province in China. The Hungry Ghost Festival is a traditional Buddhist and Taoist festival held in Chinese communities throughout Asia. The Ghost Festival, also called Ghost Day, is on the 15th night of the seventh month (25 August in 2018). During the Hungry Ghost Festival, the deceased are believed to visit the living. In many Chinese communities, there are Chinese operas and puppet shows and elaborate banquets are staged to appease the ghosts.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 26 AUGUST 2018 - GEORGE TOWN, PENANG, MALAYSIA: Chinese opera performers participate in a prayer before a Hokkien style Chinese opera on the Lim Jetty in George Town for the Hungry Ghost Festival. The opera troupe came to George Town from Fujian province in China. The Hungry Ghost Festival is a traditional Buddhist and Taoist festival held in Chinese communities throughout Asia. The Ghost Festival, also called Ghost Day, is on the 15th night of the seventh month (25 August in 2018). During the Hungry Ghost Festival, the deceased are believed to visit the living. In many Chinese communities, there are Chinese operas and puppet shows and elaborate banquets are staged to appease the ghosts.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 26 AUGUST 2018 - GEORGE TOWN, PENANG, MALAYSIA: Chinese opera performers participate in a prayer before a Hokkien style Chinese opera on the Lim Jetty in George Town for the Hungry Ghost Festival. The opera troupe came to George Town from Fujian province in China. The Hungry Ghost Festival is a traditional Buddhist and Taoist festival held in Chinese communities throughout Asia. The Ghost Festival, also called Ghost Day, is on the 15th night of the seventh month (25 August in 2018). During the Hungry Ghost Festival, the deceased are believed to visit the living. In many Chinese communities, there are Chinese operas and puppet shows and elaborate banquets are staged to appease the ghosts.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 26 AUGUST 2018 - GEORGE TOWN, PENANG, MALAYSIA: Chinese opera performers participate in a prayer before a Hokkien style Chinese opera on the Lim Jetty in George Town for the Hungry Ghost Festival. The opera troupe came to George Town from Fujian province in China. The Hungry Ghost Festival is a traditional Buddhist and Taoist festival held in Chinese communities throughout Asia. The Ghost Festival, also called Ghost Day, is on the 15th night of the seventh month (25 August in 2018). During the Hungry Ghost Festival, the deceased are believed to visit the living. In many Chinese communities, there are Chinese operas and puppet shows and elaborate banquets are staged to appease the ghosts.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 26 AUGUST 2018 - GEORGE TOWN, PENANG, MALAYSIA: A performer puts on her make up before going on stage for a Hokkien style Chinese opera on the Lim Jetty in George Town for the Hungry Ghost Festival. The opera troupe came to George Town from Fujian province in China. The Hungry Ghost Festival is a traditional Buddhist and Taoist festival held in Chinese communities throughout Asia. The Ghost Festival, also called Ghost Day, is on the 15th night of the seventh month (25 August in 2018). During the Hungry Ghost Festival, the deceased are believed to visit the living. In many Chinese communities, there are Chinese operas and puppet shows and elaborate banquets are staged to appease the ghosts.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 26 AUGUST 2018 - GEORGE TOWN, PENANG, MALAYSIA: A child gets help with her hair and makeup before a Hokkien style Chinese opera on the Lim Jetty in George Town for the Hungry Ghost Festival. The opera troupe came to George Town from Fujian province in China. The Hungry Ghost Festival is a traditional Buddhist and Taoist festival held in Chinese communities throughout Asia. The Ghost Festival, also called Ghost Day, is on the 15th night of the seventh month (25 August in 2018). During the Hungry Ghost Festival, the deceased are believed to visit the living. In many Chinese communities, there are Chinese operas and puppet shows and elaborate banquets are staged to appease the ghosts.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 26 AUGUST 2018 - GEORGE TOWN, PENANG, MALAYSIA: A performer puts on her make up before going on stage for a Hokkien style Chinese opera on the Lim Jetty in George Town for the Hungry Ghost Festival. The opera troupe came to George Town from Fujian province in China. The Hungry Ghost Festival is a traditional Buddhist and Taoist festival held in Chinese communities throughout Asia. The Ghost Festival, also called Ghost Day, is on the 15th night of the seventh month (25 August in 2018). During the Hungry Ghost Festival, the deceased are believed to visit the living. In many Chinese communities, there are Chinese operas and puppet shows and elaborate banquets are staged to appease the ghosts.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 26 AUGUST 2018 - GEORGE TOWN, PENANG, MALAYSIA: Performers rehearse a fight scene before a Hokkien style Chinese opera on the Lim Jetty in George Town for the Hungry Ghost Festival. The opera troupe came to George Town from Fujian province in China. The Hungry Ghost Festival is a traditional Buddhist and Taoist festival held in Chinese communities throughout Asia. The Ghost Festival, also called Ghost Day, is on the 15th night of the seventh month (25 August in 2018). During the Hungry Ghost Festival, the deceased are believed to visit the living. In many Chinese communities, there are Chinese operas and puppet shows and elaborate banquets are staged to appease the ghosts.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 26 AUGUST 2018 - GEORGE TOWN, PENANG, MALAYSIA: A performer puts on his make up before going on stage for a Hokkien style Chinese opera on the Lim Jetty in George Town for the Hungry Ghost Festival. The opera troupe came to George Town from Fujian province in China. The Hungry Ghost Festival is a traditional Buddhist and Taoist festival held in Chinese communities throughout Asia. The Ghost Festival, also called Ghost Day, is on the 15th night of the seventh month (25 August in 2018). During the Hungry Ghost Festival, the deceased are believed to visit the living. In many Chinese communities, there are Chinese operas and puppet shows and elaborate banquets are staged to appease the ghosts.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 26 AUGUST 2018 - GEORGE TOWN, PENANG, MALAYSIA: A performer puts on his make up before going on stage for a Hokkien style Chinese opera on the Lim Jetty in George Town for the Hungry Ghost Festival. The opera troupe came to George Town from Fujian province in China. The Hungry Ghost Festival is a traditional Buddhist and Taoist festival held in Chinese communities throughout Asia. The Ghost Festival, also called Ghost Day, is on the 15th night of the seventh month (25 August in 2018). During the Hungry Ghost Festival, the deceased are believed to visit the living. In many Chinese communities, there are Chinese operas and puppet shows and elaborate banquets are staged to appease the ghosts.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 26 AUGUST 2018 - GEORGE TOWN, PENANG, MALAYSIA: A performer puts on her make up before going on stage for a Hokkien style Chinese opera on the Lim Jetty in George Town for the Hungry Ghost Festival. The opera troupe came to George Town from Fujian province in China. The Hungry Ghost Festival is a traditional Buddhist and Taoist festival held in Chinese communities throughout Asia. The Ghost Festival, also called Ghost Day, is on the 15th night of the seventh month (25 August in 2018). During the Hungry Ghost Festival, the deceased are believed to visit the living. In many Chinese communities, there are Chinese operas and puppet shows and elaborate banquets are staged to appease the ghosts.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 28 AUGUST 2015 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  A woman burns "ghost money" for her ancestors on Hungry Ghost Day in Bangkok's Chinatown. Mahayana  Buddhists believe that the gates of hell are opened on the full moon of the seventh lunar month of the Chinese calendar, and the spirits of hungry ghosts allowed to roam the earth. These ghosts need food and merit to find their way back to their own. People help by offering food, paper money, candles and flowers, making merit of their own in the process. Hungry Ghost Day is observed in communities with a large ethnic Chinese population, like Bangkok's Chinatown.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 28 AUGUST 2015 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: A woman prays and burns "ghost money" for her ancestors on Hungry Ghost Day in Bangkok's Chinatown. Mahayana  Buddhists believe that the gates of hell are opened on the full moon of the seventh lunar month of the Chinese calendar, and the spirits of hungry ghosts allowed to roam the earth. These ghosts need food and merit to find their way back to their own. People help by offering food, paper money, candles and flowers, making merit of their own in the process. Hungry Ghost Day is observed in communities with a large ethnic Chinese population, like Bangkok's Chinatown.        PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 28 AUGUST 2015 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: A woman burns "ghost money" for her ancestors on Hungry Ghost Day in Bangkok's Chinatown. Mahayana  Buddhists believe that the gates of hell are opened on the full moon of the seventh lunar month of the Chinese calendar, and the spirits of hungry ghosts allowed to roam the earth. These ghosts need food and merit to find their way back to their own. People help by offering food, paper money, candles and flowers, making merit of their own in the process. Hungry Ghost Day is observed in communities with a large ethnic Chinese population, like Bangkok's Chinatown.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 28 AUGUST 2015 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: A woman prays and burns "ghost money" for her ancestors on Hungry Ghost Day in Bangkok's Chinatown. Mahayana  Buddhists believe that the gates of hell are opened on the full moon of the seventh lunar month of the Chinese calendar, and the spirits of hungry ghosts allowed to roam the earth. These ghosts need food and merit to find their way back to their own. People help by offering food, paper money, candles and flowers, making merit of their own in the process. Hungry Ghost Day is observed in communities with a large ethnic Chinese population, like Bangkok's Chinatown.        PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 28 AUGUST 2015 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: A woman prays and burns "ghost money" for her ancestors on Hungry Ghost Day in Bangkok's Chinatown. Mahayana  Buddhists believe that the gates of hell are opened on the full moon of the seventh lunar month of the Chinese calendar, and the spirits of hungry ghosts allowed to roam the earth. These ghosts need food and merit to find their way back to their own. People help by offering food, paper money, candles and flowers, making merit of their own in the process. Hungry Ghost Day is observed in communities with a large ethnic Chinese population, like Bangkok's Chinatown.        PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 28 AUGUST 2015 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: A woman prays and burns "ghost money" for her ancestors on Hungry Ghost Day in Bangkok's Chinatown. Mahayana  Buddhists believe that the gates of hell are opened on the full moon of the seventh lunar month of the Chinese calendar, and the spirits of hungry ghosts allowed to roam the earth. These ghosts need food and merit to find their way back to their own. People help by offering food, paper money, candles and flowers, making merit of their own in the process. Hungry Ghost Day is observed in communities with a large ethnic Chinese population, like Bangkok's Chinatown.        PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 28 AUGUST 2015 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  A woman burns "ghost money" for her ancestors on Hungry Ghost Day in Bangkok's Chinatown. Mahayana  Buddhists believe that the gates of hell are opened on the full moon of the seventh lunar month of the Chinese calendar, and the spirits of hungry ghosts allowed to roam the earth. These ghosts need food and merit to find their way back to their own. People help by offering food, paper money, candles and flowers, making merit of their own in the process. Hungry Ghost Day is observed in communities with a large ethnic Chinese population, like Bangkok's Chinatown.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 28 AUGUST 2015 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  A man burns paper clothes and "ghost money" for his  ancestors, now ghosts, on Hungry Ghost Day in Bangkok's Chinatown. Mahayana  Buddhists believe that the gates of hell are opened on the full moon of the seventh lunar month of the Chinese calendar, and the spirits of hungry ghosts allowed to roam the earth. These ghosts need food and merit to find their way back to their own. People help by offering food, paper money, candles and flowers, making merit of their own in the process. Hungry Ghost Day is observed in communities with a large ethnic Chinese population, like Bangkok's Chinatown.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 28 AUGUST 2015 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: A woman burns "ghost money" for her ancestors on Hungry Ghost Day in Bangkok's Chinatown. Mahayana  Buddhists believe that the gates of hell are opened on the full moon of the seventh lunar month of the Chinese calendar, and the spirits of hungry ghosts allowed to roam the earth. These ghosts need food and merit to find their way back to their own. People help by offering food, paper money, candles and flowers, making merit of their own in the process. Hungry Ghost Day is observed in communities with a large ethnic Chinese population, like Bangkok's Chinatown.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 28 AUGUST 2015 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  A woman burns "ghost money" for her ancestors on Hungry Ghost Day in Bangkok's Chinatown. Mahayana  Buddhists believe that the gates of hell are opened on the full moon of the seventh lunar month of the Chinese calendar, and the spirits of hungry ghosts allowed to roam the earth. These ghosts need food and merit to find their way back to their own. People help by offering food, paper money, candles and flowers, making merit of their own in the process. Hungry Ghost Day is observed in communities with a large ethnic Chinese population, like Bangkok's Chinatown.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 28 AUGUST 2015 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  A woman leaves out a banquet of food for her ancestors on Hungry Ghost Day in Bangkok's Chinatown. Mahayana  Buddhists believe that the gates of hell are opened on the full moon of the seventh lunar month of the Chinese calendar, and the spirits of hungry ghosts allowed to roam the earth. These ghosts need food and merit to find their way back to their own. People help by offering food, paper money, candles and flowers, making merit of their own in the process. Hungry Ghost Day is observed in communities with a large ethnic Chinese population, like Bangkok's Chinatown.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 28 AUGUST 2015 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: A woman burns paper clothes for her  ancestors, now ghosts, on Hungry Ghost Day in Bangkok's Chinatown. Mahayana  Buddhists believe that the gates of hell are opened on the full moon of the seventh lunar month of the Chinese calendar, and the spirits of hungry ghosts allowed to roam the earth. These ghosts need food and merit to find their way back to their own. People help by offering food, paper money, candles and flowers, making merit of their own in the process. Hungry Ghost Day is observed in communities with a large ethnic Chinese population, like Bangkok's Chinatown.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 28 AUGUST 2015 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: A woman burns paper clothes for her  ancestors, now ghosts, on Hungry Ghost Day in Bangkok's Chinatown. Mahayana  Buddhists believe that the gates of hell are opened on the full moon of the seventh lunar month of the Chinese calendar, and the spirits of hungry ghosts allowed to roam the earth. These ghosts need food and merit to find their way back to their own. People help by offering food, paper money, candles and flowers, making merit of their own in the process. Hungry Ghost Day is observed in communities with a large ethnic Chinese population, like Bangkok's Chinatown.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 28 AUGUST 2015 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: People buy stewed ducks and chickens to be used as offerings for the ghosts on Hungry Ghost Day in Bangkok's Chinatown. Mahayana  Buddhists believe that the gates of hell are opened on the full moon of the seventh lunar month of the Chinese calendar, and the spirits of hungry ghosts allowed to roam the earth. These ghosts need food and merit to find their way back to their own. People help by offering food, paper money, candles and flowers, making merit of their own in the process. Hungry Ghost Day is observed in communities with a large ethnic Chinese population, like Bangkok's Chinatown.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 28 AUGUST 2015 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: People buy stewed ducks and chickens to be used as offerings for the ghosts on Hungry Ghost Day in Bangkok's Chinatown. Mahayana  Buddhists believe that the gates of hell are opened on the full moon of the seventh lunar month of the Chinese calendar, and the spirits of hungry ghosts allowed to roam the earth. These ghosts need food and merit to find their way back to their own. People help by offering food, paper money, candles and flowers, making merit of their own in the process. Hungry Ghost Day is observed in communities with a large ethnic Chinese population, like Bangkok's Chinatown.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 28 AUGUST 2015 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: A banquet of food left out for ghosts on Hungry Ghost Day in Bangkok's Chinatown. Mahayana  Buddhists believe that the gates of hell are opened on the full moon of the seventh lunar month of the Chinese calendar, and the spirits of hungry ghosts allowed to roam the earth. These ghosts need food and merit to find their way back to their own. People help by offering food, paper money, candles and flowers, making merit of their own in the process. Hungry Ghost Day is observed in communities with a large ethnic Chinese population, like Bangkok's Chinatown.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 28 AUGUST 2015 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: Bowls, chopsticks and tea left out for ghosts on Hungry Ghost Day in Bangkok's Chinatown. Mahayana  Buddhists believe that the gates of hell are opened on the full moon of the seventh lunar month of the Chinese calendar, and the spirits of hungry ghosts allowed to roam the earth. These ghosts need food and merit to find their way back to their own. People help by offering food, paper money, candles and flowers, making merit of their own in the process. Hungry Ghost Day is observed in communities with a large ethnic Chinese population, like Bangkok's Chinatown.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 28 AUGUST 2015 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  A woman leaves out a banquet of food for her ancestors on Hungry Ghost Day in Bangkok's Chinatown. Mahayana  Buddhists believe that the gates of hell are opened on the full moon of the seventh lunar month of the Chinese calendar, and the spirits of hungry ghosts allowed to roam the earth. These ghosts need food and merit to find their way back to their own. People help by offering food, paper money, candles and flowers, making merit of their own in the process. Hungry Ghost Day is observed in communities with a large ethnic Chinese population, like Bangkok's Chinatown.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 28 AUGUST 2015 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: A man lights incense at the Poh Teck Tung shrine in the Chinatown section of Bangkok on Hungry Ghost Day. Mahayana  Buddhists believe that the gates of hell are opened on the full moon of the seventh lunar month of the Chinese calendar, and the spirits of hungry ghosts allowed to roam the earth. These ghosts need food and merit to find their way back to their own. People help by offering food, paper money, candles and flowers, making merit of their own in the process. Hungry Ghost Day is observed in communities with a large ethnic Chinese population, like Bangkok's Chinatown.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 28 AUGUST 2015 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: Women participate in a Hungry Ghost Day prayer at Wat Mangkon Kamalawat in the Chinatown section of Bangkok. Wat Mangkon Kamalawat is the largest Mahayana Buddhist temple in Chinatown. Mahayana  Buddhists believe that the gates of hell are opened on the full moon of the seventh lunar month of the Chinese calendar, and the spirits of hungry ghosts allowed to roam the earth. These ghosts need food and merit to find their way back to their own. People help by offering food, paper money, candles and flowers, making merit of their own in the process. Hungry Ghost Day is observed in communities with a large ethnic Chinese population, like Bangkok's Chinatown.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 28 AUGUST 2015 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: A woman makes merit by pouring oil into a lamp at Wat Mangkon Kamalawat in the Chinatown section of Bangkok on Hungry Ghost Day. Wat Mangkon Kamalawat is the largest Mahayana Buddhist temple in Chinatown. Mahayana  Buddhists believe that the gates of hell are opened on the full moon of the seventh lunar month of the Chinese calendar, and the spirits of hungry ghosts allowed to roam the earth. These ghosts need food and merit to find their way back to their own. People help by offering food, paper money, candles and flowers, making merit of their own in the process. Hungry Ghost Day is observed in communities with a large ethnic Chinese population, like Bangkok's Chinatown.ese population, like Bangkok's Chinatown.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 28 AUGUST 2015 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: A man lights incense at Wat Mangkon Kamalawat in the Chinatown section of Bangkok on Hungry Ghost Day. Wat Mangkon Kamalawat is the largest Mahayana Buddhist temple in Chinatown. Mahayana  Buddhists believe that the gates of hell are opened on the full moon of the seventh lunar month of the Chinese calendar, and the spirits of hungry ghosts allowed to roam the earth. These ghosts need food and merit to find their way back to their own. People help by offering food, paper money, candles and flowers, making merit of their own in the process. Hungry Ghost Day is observed in communities with a large ethnic Chinese population, like Bangkok's Chinatown.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 28 AUGUST 2015 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: A man cooks stewed duck for Hungry Ghost Day offerings in Bangkok's Chinatown. Mahayana  Buddhists believe that the gates of hell are opened on the full moon of the seventh lunar month of the Chinese calendar, and the spirits of hungry ghosts allowed to roam the earth. These ghosts need food and merit to find their way back to their own. People help by offering food, paper money, candles and flowers, making merit of their own in the process. Hungry Ghost Day is observed in communities with a large ethnic Chinese population, like Bangkok's Chinatown.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 28 AUGUST 2015 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: A man cooks stewed duck for Hungry Ghost Day offerings in Bangkok's Chinatown. Mahayana  Buddhists believe that the gates of hell are opened on the full moon of the seventh lunar month of the Chinese calendar, and the spirits of hungry ghosts allowed to roam the earth. These ghosts need food and merit to find their way back to their own. People help by offering food, paper money, candles and flowers, making merit of their own in the process. Hungry Ghost Day is observed in communities with a large ethnic Chinese population, like Bangkok's Chinatown.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 28 AUGUST 2015 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: A woman burns paper clothes for her  ancestors, now ghosts, on Hungry Ghost Day in Bangkok's Chinatown. Mahayana  Buddhists believe that the gates of hell are opened on the full moon of the seventh lunar month of the Chinese calendar, and the spirits of hungry ghosts allowed to roam the earth. These ghosts need food and merit to find their way back to their own. People help by offering food, paper money, candles and flowers, making merit of their own in the process. Hungry Ghost Day is observed in communities with a large ethnic Chinese population, like Bangkok's Chinatown.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 28 AUGUST 2015 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: A woman prays at the Poh Teck Tung Shrine in Bangkok's Chinatown on Hungry Ghost Day. Mahayana  Buddhists believe that the gates of hell are opened on the full moon of the seventh lunar month of the Chinese calendar, and the spirits of hungry ghosts allowed to roam the earth. These ghosts need food and merit to find their way back to their own. People help by offering food, paper money, candles and flowers, making merit of their own in the process. Hungry Ghost Day is observed in communities with a large ethnic Chinese population, like Bangkok's Chinatown.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 28 AUGUST 2015 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: A woman prays at the Poh Teck Tung Shrine in Bangkok's Chinatown on Hungry Ghost Day. Mahayana  Buddhists believe that the gates of hell are opened on the full moon of the seventh lunar month of the Chinese calendar, and the spirits of hungry ghosts allowed to roam the earth. These ghosts need food and merit to find their way back to their own. People help by offering food, paper money, candles and flowers, making merit of their own in the process. Hungry Ghost Day is observed in communities with a large ethnic Chinese population, like Bangkok's Chinatown.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 28 AUGUST 2015 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  A woman prays at a small shrine in Bangkok's Chinatown on Hungry Ghost Day. Mahayana  Buddhists believe that the gates of hell are opened on the full moon of the seventh lunar month of the Chinese calendar, and the spirits of hungry ghosts allowed to roam the earth. These ghosts need food and merit to find their way back to their own. People help by offering food, paper money, candles and flowers, making merit of their own in the process. Hungry Ghost Day is observed in communities with a large ethnic Chinese population, like Bangkok's Chinatown.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 28 AUGUST 2015 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  The alter of a small shrine in Bangkok's Chinatown on Hungry Ghost Day. Mahayana  Buddhists believe that the gates of hell are opened on the full moon of the seventh lunar month of the Chinese calendar, and the spirits of hungry ghosts allowed to roam the earth. These ghosts need food and merit to find their way back to their own. People help by offering food, paper money, candles and flowers, making merit of their own in the process. Hungry Ghost Day is observed in communities with a large ethnic Chinese population, like Bangkok's Chinatown.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 25 AUGUST 2018 - GEORGE TOWN, PENANG, MALAYSIA: A shrine built for the Hungry Ghost festival on the Lim Jetty on Ghost Day, the full moon day (or night) that falls in the middle of Hungry Ghost month. The Lim Jetty is one of several jetties in George Town that were created by members of Chinese clans who migrated to Penang during the British colonial period. The Ghost Festival, also known as the Hungry Ghost Festival is a traditional Taoist and Buddhist festival held in Chinese communities throughout Asia. Ghost Day, is on the 15th night of the seventh month (25 August in 2018). During Ghost Festival, the deceased are believed to visit the living. In many Chinese communities, there are Chinese operas and puppet shows and elaborate banquets are staged to appease the ghosts.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 28 AUGUST 2015 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  Women leave out a banquet of food for their ancestors on Hungry Ghost Day in Bangkok's Chinatown. Mahayana  Buddhists believe that the gates of hell are opened on the full moon of the seventh lunar month of the Chinese calendar, and the spirits of hungry ghosts allowed to roam the earth. These ghosts need food and merit to find their way back to their own. People help by offering food, paper money, candles and flowers, making merit of their own in the process. Hungry Ghost Day is observed in communities with a large ethnic Chinese population, like Bangkok's Chinatown.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 28 AUGUST 2015 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  A woman participates in a Hungry Ghost Day prayer at Wat Mangkon Kamalawat in the Chinatown section of Bangkok. Wat Mangkon Kamalawat is the largest Mahayana Buddhist temple in Chinatown. Mahayana  Buddhists believe that the gates of hell are opened on the full moon of the seventh lunar month of the Chinese calendar, and the spirits of hungry ghosts allowed to roam the earth. These ghosts need food and merit to find their way back to their own. People help by offering food, paper money, candles and flowers, making merit of their own in the process. Hungry Ghost Day is observed in communities with a large ethnic Chinese population, like Bangkok's Chinatown.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 28 AUGUST 2015 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: Mahayana monks lead a service on Hungry Ghost Day at Wat Mangkon Kamalawat in the Chinatown section of Bangkok. Wat Mangkon Kamalawat is the largest Mahayana Buddhist temple in Chinatown. Mahayana  Buddhists believe that the gates of hell are opened on the full moon of the seventh lunar month of the Chinese calendar, and the spirits of hungry ghosts allowed to roam the earth. These ghosts need food and merit to find their way back to their own. People help by offering food, paper money, candles and flowers, making merit of their own in the process. Hungry Ghost Day is observed in communities with a large ethnic Chinese population, like Bangkok's Chinatown.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 28 AUGUST 2015 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: Mahayana monks lead a service on Hungry Ghost Day at Wat Mangkon Kamalawat in the Chinatown section of Bangkok. Wat Mangkon Kamalawat is the largest Mahayana Buddhist temple in Chinatown. Mahayana  Buddhists believe that the gates of hell are opened on the full moon of the seventh lunar month of the Chinese calendar, and the spirits of hungry ghosts allowed to roam the earth. These ghosts need food and merit to find their way back to their own. People help by offering food, paper money, candles and flowers, making merit of their own in the process. Hungry Ghost Day is observed in communities with a large ethnic Chinese population, like Bangkok's Chinatown.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 28 AUGUST 2015 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  A woman prays at the Poh Teck Tung Shrine in Bangkok's Chinatown on Hungry Ghost Day. Mahayana  Buddhists believe that the gates of hell are opened on the full moon of the seventh lunar month of the Chinese calendar, and the spirits of hungry ghosts allowed to roam the earth. These ghosts need food and merit to find their way back to their own. People help by offering food, paper money, candles and flowers, making merit of their own in the process. Hungry Ghost Day is observed in communities with a large ethnic Chinese population, like Bangkok's Chinatown.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 28 AUGUST 2015 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: Women participate in a Hungry Ghost Day prayer at Wat Mangkon Kamalawat in the Chinatown section of Bangkok. Wat Mangkon Kamalawat is the largest Mahayana Buddhist temple in Chinatown. Mahayana  Buddhists believe that the gates of hell are opened on the full moon of the seventh lunar month of the Chinese calendar, and the spirits of hungry ghosts allowed to roam the earth. These ghosts need food and merit to find their way back to their own. People help by offering food, paper money, candles and flowers, making merit of their own in the process. Hungry Ghost Day is observed in communities with a large ethnic Chinese population, like Bangkok's Chinatown.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 28 AUGUST 2015 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: A man makes merit by pouring oil into a lamp at Wat Mangkon Kamalawat in the Chinatown section of Bangkok on Hungry Ghost Day. Wat Mangkon Kamalawat is the largest Mahayana Buddhist temple in Chinatown. Mahayana  Buddhists believe that the gates of hell are opened on the full moon of the seventh lunar month of the Chinese calendar, and the spirits of hungry ghosts allowed to roam the earth. These ghosts need food and merit to find their way back to their own. People help by offering food, paper money, candles and flowers, making merit of their own in the process. Hungry Ghost Day is observed in communities with a large ethnic Chinese population, like Bangkok's Chinatown.ese population, like Bangkok's Chinatown.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 28 AUGUST 2015 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: A man cooks stewed duck for Hungry Ghost Day offerings in Bangkok's Chinatown. Mahayana  Buddhists believe that the gates of hell are opened on the full moon of the seventh lunar month of the Chinese calendar, and the spirits of hungry ghosts allowed to roam the earth. These ghosts need food and merit to find their way back to their own. People help by offering food, paper money, candles and flowers, making merit of their own in the process. Hungry Ghost Day is observed in communities with a large ethnic Chinese population, like Bangkok's Chinatown.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 28 AUGUST 2015 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: A woman gets ready to close her shop early on Hungry Ghost Day in Bangkok's Chinatown. Mahayana  Buddhists believe that the gates of hell are opened on the full moon of the seventh lunar month of the Chinese calendar, and the spirits of hungry ghosts allowed to roam the earth. These ghosts need food and merit to find their way back to their own. People help by offering food, paper money, candles and flowers, making merit of their own in the process. Hungry Ghost Day is observed in communities with a large ethnic Chinese population, like Bangkok's Chinatown.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 28 AUGUST 2015 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:     A man prays at a small shrine in Bangkok's Chinatown on Hungry Ghost Day. Mahayana  Buddhists believe that the gates of hell are opened on the full moon of the seventh lunar month of the Chinese calendar, and the spirits of hungry ghosts allowed to roam the earth. These ghosts need food and merit to find their way back to their own. People help by offering food, paper money, candles and flowers, making merit of their own in the process. Hungry Ghost Day is observed in communities with a large ethnic Chinese population, like Bangkok's Chinatown.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 28 AUGUST 2015 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: A woman walks into Wat Mangkon Kamalawat in the Chinatown section of Bangkok with offerings to be burned on Hungry Ghost Day. Wat Mangkon Kamalawat is the largest Mahayana Buddhist temple in Chinatown. Mahayana  Buddhists believe that the gates of hell are opened on the full moon of the seventh lunar month of the Chinese calendar, and the spirits of hungry ghosts allowed to roam the earth. These ghosts need food and merit to find their way back to their own. People help by offering food, paper money, candles and flowers, making merit of their own in the process. Hungry Ghost Day is observed in communities with a large ethnic Chinese population, like Bangkok's Chinatown.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 28 AUGUST 2015 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: Mahayana monks walk out of Wat Mangkon Kamalawat in the Chinatown section of Bangkok on Hungry Ghost Day. Wat Mangkon Kamalawat is the largest Mahayana Buddhist temple in Chinatown. Mahayana  Buddhists believe that the gates of hell are opened on the full moon of the seventh lunar month of the Chinese calendar, and the spirits of hungry ghosts allowed to roam the earth. These ghosts need food and merit to find their way back to their own. People help by offering food, paper money, candles and flowers, making merit of their own in the process. Hungry Ghost Day is observed in communities with a large ethnic Chinese population, like Bangkok's Chinatown.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 28 AUGUST 2015 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: A man lights incense at Wat Mangkon Kamalawat in the Chinatown section of Bangkok on Hungry Ghost Day. Wat Mangkon Kamalawat is the largest Mahayana Buddhist temple in Chinatown. Mahayana  Buddhists believe that the gates of hell are opened on the full moon of the seventh lunar month of the Chinese calendar, and the spirits of hungry ghosts allowed to roam the earth. These ghosts need food and merit to find their way back to their own. People help by offering food, paper money, candles and flowers, making merit of their own in the process. Hungry Ghost Day is observed in communities with a large ethnic Chinese population, like Bangkok's Chinatown.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 28 AUGUST 2015 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: A man makes merit by pouring oil into a lamp at Wat Mangkon Kamalawat in the Chinatown section of Bangkok on Hungry Ghost Day. Wat Mangkon Kamalawat is the largest Mahayana Buddhist temple in Chinatown. Mahayana  Buddhists believe that the gates of hell are opened on the full moon of the seventh lunar month of the Chinese calendar, and the spirits of hungry ghosts allowed to roam the earth. These ghosts need food and merit to find their way back to their own. People help by offering food, paper money, candles and flowers, making merit of their own in the process. Hungry Ghost Day is observed in communities with a large ethnic Chinese population, like Bangkok's Chinatown.ese population, like Bangkok's Chinatown.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 28 AUGUST 2015 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: A woman prays at the Poh Teck Tung Shrine in Bangkok's Chinatown on Hungry Ghost Day. Mahayana  Buddhists believe that the gates of hell are opened on the full moon of the seventh lunar month of the Chinese calendar, and the spirits of hungry ghosts allowed to roam the earth. These ghosts need food and merit to find their way back to their own. People help by offering food, paper money, candles and flowers, making merit of their own in the process. Hungry Ghost Day is observed in communities with a large ethnic Chinese population, like Bangkok's Chinatown.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 25 AUGUST 2018 - GEORGE TOWN, PENANG, MALAYSIA: A shrine built for the Hungry Ghost festival on the Lim Jetty on Ghost Day, the full moon day (or night) that falls in the middle of Hungry Ghost month. The Lim Jetty is one of several jetties in George Town that were created by members of Chinese clans who migrated to Penang during the British colonial period. The Ghost Festival, also known as the Hungry Ghost Festival is a traditional Taoist and Buddhist festival held in Chinese communities throughout Asia. Ghost Day, is on the 15th night of the seventh month (25 August in 2018). During Ghost Festival, the deceased are believed to visit the living. In many Chinese communities, there are Chinese operas and puppet shows and elaborate banquets are staged to appease the ghosts.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 28 AUGUST 2015 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:      Women pour tea and leave out a banquet of food for their ancestors on Hungry Ghost Day in Bangkok's Chinatown. Mahayana  Buddhists believe that the gates of hell are opened on the full moon of the seventh lunar month of the Chinese calendar, and the spirits of hungry ghosts allowed to roam the earth. These ghosts need food and merit to find their way back to their own. People help by offering food, paper money, candles and flowers, making merit of their own in the process. Hungry Ghost Day is observed in communities with a large ethnic Chinese population, like Bangkok's Chinatown.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 28 AUGUST 2015 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  A woman participates in a Hungry Ghost Day prayer at Wat Mangkon Kamalawat in the Chinatown section of Bangkok. Wat Mangkon Kamalawat is the largest Mahayana Buddhist temple in Chinatown. Mahayana  Buddhists believe that the gates of hell are opened on the full moon of the seventh lunar month of the Chinese calendar, and the spirits of hungry ghosts allowed to roam the earth. These ghosts need food and merit to find their way back to their own. People help by offering food, paper money, candles and flowers, making merit of their own in the process. Hungry Ghost Day is observed in communities with a large ethnic Chinese population, like Bangkok's Chinatown.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 28 AUGUST 2015 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: Mahayana monks lead a service on Hungry Ghost Day at Wat Mangkon Kamalawat in the Chinatown section of Bangkok. Wat Mangkon Kamalawat is the largest Mahayana Buddhist temple in Chinatown. Mahayana  Buddhists believe that the gates of hell are opened on the full moon of the seventh lunar month of the Chinese calendar, and the spirits of hungry ghosts allowed to roam the earth. These ghosts need food and merit to find their way back to their own. People help by offering food, paper money, candles and flowers, making merit of their own in the process. Hungry Ghost Day is observed in communities with a large ethnic Chinese population, like Bangkok's Chinatown.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 28 AUGUST 2015 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: A man cooks stewed duck for Hungry Ghost Day offerings in Bangkok's Chinatown. Mahayana  Buddhists believe that the gates of hell are opened on the full moon of the seventh lunar month of the Chinese calendar, and the spirits of hungry ghosts allowed to roam the earth. These ghosts need food and merit to find their way back to their own. People help by offering food, paper money, candles and flowers, making merit of their own in the process. Hungry Ghost Day is observed in communities with a large ethnic Chinese population, like Bangkok's Chinatown.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 28 AUGUST 2015 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: Stewed duck being cooked for Hungry Ghost Day offerings in Bangkok's Chinatown. Mahayana  Buddhists believe that the gates of hell are opened on the full moon of the seventh lunar month of the Chinese calendar, and the spirits of hungry ghosts allowed to roam the earth. These ghosts need food and merit to find their way back to their own. People help by offering food, paper money, candles and flowers, making merit of their own in the process. Hungry Ghost Day is observed in communities with a large ethnic Chinese population, like Bangkok's Chinatown.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 28 AUGUST 2015 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: Wat Mangkon Kamalawat in the Chinatown section of Bangkok on Hungry Ghost Day. Wat Mangkon Kamalawat is the largest Mahayana Buddhist temple in Chinatown. Mahayana  Buddhists believe that the gates of hell are opened on the full moon of the seventh lunar month of the Chinese calendar, and the spirits of hungry ghosts allowed to roam the earth. These ghosts need food and merit to find their way back to their own. People help by offering food, paper money, candles and flowers, making merit of their own in the process. Hungry Ghost Day is observed in communities with a large ethnic Chinese population, like Bangkok's Chinatown.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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