The hungry ghost festival. All about it.

• angel7030

  4 Aug 08, 17:02

  Originally posted by maurizio13:

   

  In another news report, he was reported to have severed the head, brought it to the front of the bus and showed all the passengers who were already standing outside.

  
  My man, got guts

• maurizio13

  4 Aug 08, 17:04

  Originally posted by angel7030:

  
  My man, got guts

  
  Ermmmm......

  It's not guts.

  It's more like he is Schizophrenic.

  There is a difference.

   

• angel7030

  4 Aug 08, 17:11

  Originally posted by maurizio13:

  
  Ermmmm......

  It's not guts.

  It's more like he is Schizophrenic.

  There is a difference.

   

  
  at least he got the gut to be schizophrenic and show it to the public, worst are those hidden ones.

• yamizi

  6 Aug 08, 11:00

  Originally posted by angel7030:

  
  at least he got the gut to be schizophrenic and show it to the public, worst are those hidden ones.

  If he is genuinely schizophrenic, then it will not be a matter of guts as he would have no conscious control for his behaviour.

  The conscious control here would refer to behaviour that is acceptable by society.

• Meat Pao

  6 Aug 08, 22:26

  Hungry ghost is pure superstition

  There must be Cultural Revolution to reduce this practice......

   

  Meat Pao

• maurizio13

  6 Aug 08, 22:48

   

  Meat Pao must be god, else how to insult the beliefs of so many people.

   

  *bows*

   

  Holy Meat Pao........Holy Meat Pao.......

   

  Are you going to tell us which other religion is unsubstantiated?

   

  Cultural Revolution like PRC?

   

  At this point in time PRC is godless, only cold hard cash is god.

   

  Surely, you don't wish Singapore to suffer the same predicament.

   

  I am a non-believer myself, but I don't go around discrediting someone else's beliefs.

   

• magical_wen

  6 Aug 08, 23:20

  this month you'll see alot of songka around HDB

• yamizi

  6 Aug 08, 23:30

  I love 7th month.

  I observe that it is more well observed and practiced as compare to any other Chinese festivals.

• alfagal

  6 Aug 08, 23:58

  not sure if its jus coincidence..but just feel that..

  alot of pple pass away in this mth..

  can see quite a bit of wakes at void decks...

• maurizio13

  7 Aug 08, 00:00

  Originally posted by alfagal:

  not sure if its jus coincidence..but just feel that..

  alot of pple pass away in this mth..

  can see quite a bit of wakes at void decks...

  
  one of my distant relative passed away at the beginning of the festival.

   

  since i remembered from young, there are more wakes during 7th month than any other month.

   

• Fantagf

  7 Aug 08, 00:02

  Originally posted by maurizio13:

   

  Meat Pao must be god, else how to insult the beliefs of so many people.

   

  *bows*

   

  Holy Meat Pao........Holy Meat Pao.......

   

  Are you going to tell us which other religion is unsubstantiated?

   

  Cultural Revolution like PRC?

   

  At this point in time PRC is godless, only cold hard cash is god.

   

  Surely, you don't wish Singapore to suffer the same predicament.

   

  I am a non-believer myself, but I don't go around discrediting someone else's beliefs.

   

  Talk about pao, during Ching Ming people very fond of buying meat bao, char siew bao, dousha bao for offering to ancestors.   

  meat bao is the most fattening among these 3 baos...

• yamizi

  7 Aug 08, 08:18

  If you're going in accord to buddhist tradition, try to use vegetarian food as offerings. =)

• Soosiang.pornhost.ong7

  7 Aug 08, 08:54

  This year's Hungry Ghost Month is very tone-down compared to last year.There are fewer Getais than last year.There are fewer offerings compared to last year.There are fewer youngsters celebrate this festival compared to last year.I can say most of the youngsters are Christianised already.

• yamizi

  7 Aug 08, 10:32

  Quite true but people who runs shop still observed ba.

  Quite sad many Chinese people are giving up their culture and traditions.

• sand king

  7 Aug 08, 11:20

  eh hungry ghost festival only got chinese ghost isit?
  got malay ghost like pocong??

• maurizio13

  7 Aug 08, 11:28

   

  we don't even know what race of spirits they are, perhaps next time you see one you ask him if it's racial.

   

• sand king

  7 Aug 08, 11:35

  Originally posted by maurizio13:

   

  we don't even know what race of spirits they are, perhaps next time you see one you ask him if it's racial.

   

  i meant that the hungry ghost festival is for chinese ghost only? or all?

• maurizio13

  7 Aug 08, 11:58

  Originally posted by sand king:

  i meant that the hungry ghost festival is for chinese ghost only? or all?

  
  dunno really. the only one i have seen thus far is a black shadow.

  maybe it was african?

  depends if ghost & spirits have races.

  yellow, white, brown or black?

   

• yamizi

  7 Aug 08, 17:39

  Originally posted by sand king:

  i meant that the hungry ghost festival is for chinese ghost only? or all?

  I think traditionally it is meant for 'chinese ghost' as this is the Chinese custom.

  But I think in reality, ghosts do not have race per se. They are in a different world, however,  we get to crosspath with them at times.

• dumbdumb!

  7 Aug 08, 17:53

  lol. actually i'm rather curious at the black white spirit. anyone knows anything about them?

• yamizi

  7 Aug 08, 17:54

  Originally posted by dumbdumb!:

  lol. actually i'm rather curious at the black white spirit. anyone knows anything about them?

  You mean 黑白无常?

• fairlady_xoxo

  7 Aug 08, 17:57

  Don't stay out too late at night...

• dumbdumb!

  7 Aug 08, 18:09

  Originally posted by yamizi:

  You mean 黑白无常?

  ah yup

   

  can someone translate this, please?

   

  
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• yamizi

  7 Aug 08, 18:53

  dumb2,

   

  Wah story so long, lazy to translate.

  Anyway, a brief explantion would be that 黑白无常 are 2 deities from netherworld who's primary role is to bring newly deceased souls to the netherworld.

  It is also believed that they are expert in dealing evil spirits.

• MyPillowTalks

  7 Aug 08, 20:19

  http://www.hungryghostsmovie.com/

   

  New movie from singapore