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

September 1, 2026Updated: September 1, 2026

By VINCENT THIAN and MARÍA TERESA HERNÁNDEZ

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

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