Ghost Festival

Friday, 27 August 2010

You can read about the festival in this website http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghost_Festival

We saw these offerings at my earlier posting of the Miri Waterfront. Must be meant for those spirits that had wandered to this location. Offerings are meant to please the ghosts so that they don't cause mischief.

Burnt/melted red colored candles

We saw flags along roadsides. These flags were posted outside the Che Sing Khor Moral Uplifting Society Building in Krokop. I understand that they are meant to guide the ghosts so that they don't get lost and wander into unwelcome places (like homes) and might frighten the occupants, especially babies.