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A Guide to the Hungry Ghost Festival From el Dia de Muertos in Mexico to Halloween in North America, cultures across the world have festivals meant to honour the dead. The Chinese in Singapore are no different. The Hungry Ghost Festival takes place during the seventh month of the lunar calendar, with burnt offerings and live street performances a common sight across the island. Explore Age-old Traditions While less lighthearted than other festivals, this fascinating observance provides a deep insight into Chinese culture. Visit these locales to learn more: Hungry For Knowledge Eager to learn more about the customs of the Hungry Ghost Festival? Read on. Explore Chinatown Neighborhood From trendy bars and traditional merchants to bustling streets and stories, Singapore's Chinatown is filled with enchantment. Find out more
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The Chinese in Singapore are no different. The Hungry Ghost Festival takes place during the seventh month of the lunar calendar, with burnt offerings and live street performances a common sight across the island. ## Explore Age-old Traditions While less lighthearted than other festivals, this fascinating observance provides a deep insight into Chinese culture. Visit these locales to learn more: [![Walk With Hantu](https://www.visitsingapore.com/content/dam/visitsingapore/whats-happening/festivals/hungry-ghost-festival/supernatural-confessions-746x558.jpg)Walk With Hantu Journey through some of the spookiest spots in Changi, from old British military buildings, to the infamous Old Changi Hospital, while listening to urban legends.](https://www.supernaturalconfessions.com/walk-with-hantu-changi.html) [![Seng Wong Beo Temple](https://www.visitsingapore.com/content/dam/visitsingapore/whats-happening/festivals/hungry-ghost-festival/seng-wong-beo-temple-746x558.jpg)Seng Wong Beo Temple Nestled between the office towers of Tanjong Pagar, this temple has an altar to the Taoist underworld God of Wealth, and was a site of ghost weddings.](https://maps.app.goo.gl/ks3GtoiuD2ttVnLr9) [![The Ghost of Forbidden Hill](https://www.visitsingapore.com/content/dam/visitsingapore/whats-happening/festivals/hungry-ghost-festival/the-ghost-of-forbidden-hill-746x558.jpg)The Ghosts of Forbidden Hill Singapore's Chinese community isn't its only ethnic group with tales from the afterlife. Delve into a world of spirits, mediums and the island's last king on this gripping tour.](https://janestours.sg/tours/spooky-singapore-fort-canning/) ## Hungry For Knowledge Eager to learn more about the customs of the Hungry Ghost Festival? Read on. ![Joss Sticks (Insence sticks)](https://www.visitsingapore.com/content/dam/visitsingapore/whats-happening/festivals/hungry-ghost-festival/local-highlight/joss-sticks-desktop-bg.png) ![Paper Offerings](https://www.visitsingapore.com/content/dam/visitsingapore/whats-happening/festivals/hungry-ghost-festival/local-highlight/paper-offerings-desktop-bg.png) ![Getai Singers](https://www.visitsingapore.com/content/dam/visitsingapore/whats-happening/festivals/hungry-ghost-festival/local-highlight/getai-singers-desktop-bg.png) ![Joss Sticks (Insence sticks)](https://www.visitsingapore.com/content/dam/visitsingapore/whats-happening/festivals/hungry-ghost-festival/local-highlight/joss-sticks-desktop.png) ![Colorful horses made from paper](https://www.visitsingapore.com/content/dam/visitsingapore/whats-happening/festivals/hungry-ghost-festival/local-highlight/paper-offerings-desktop.png) ![Getai Singers getting ready to perform](https://www.visitsingapore.com/content/dam/visitsingapore/whats-happening/festivals/hungry-ghost-festival/local-highlight/getai-singers-circle.png) ![blurb](https://www.visitsingapore.com/content/dam/visitsingapore/movingplate-translated/icon-clickinghand-nobg.gif) arrow arrow ![Joss Sticks (Insence sticks)](https://www.visitsingapore.com/content/dam/visitsingapore/whats-happening/festivals/hungry-ghost-festival/local-highlight/joss-sticks-desktop.png) ## Joss Sticks Besides being burnt during the Hungry Ghost Festival, the use of incense has been documented across a variety of Eastern practices, from Hinduism to Buddhism. ![Colorful horses made from paper](https://www.visitsingapore.com/content/dam/visitsingapore/whats-happening/festivals/hungry-ghost-festival/local-highlight/paper-offerings-desktop.png) ## Paper Offerings It is common during this festival for the Chinese to burn paper offerings in the shape of cars, watches and cash for ancestors to receive in the afterlife. ![Getai Singers getting ready to perform](https://www.visitsingapore.com/content/dam/visitsingapore/whats-happening/festivals/hungry-ghost-festival/local-highlight/getai-singers-circle.png) ## Getai Singers In Chinese, the words getai comes from the symbols for 'song' and 'stage'. 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A Guide to the Hungry Ghost Festival From el Dia de Muertos in Mexico to Halloween in North America, cultures across the world have festivals meant to honour the dead. The Chinese in Singapore are no different. The Hungry Ghost Festival takes place during the seventh month of the lunar calendar, with burnt offerings and live street performances a common sight across the island. Explore Age-old Traditions While less lighthearted than other festivals, this fascinating observance provides a deep insight into Chinese culture. Visit these locales to learn more: Hungry For Knowledge Eager to learn more about the customs of the Hungry Ghost Festival? Read on. ![Joss Sticks (Insence sticks)](https://www.visitsingapore.com/content/dam/visitsingapore/whats-happening/festivals/hungry-ghost-festival/local-highlight/joss-sticks-desktop-bg.png) ![Paper Offerings](https://www.visitsingapore.com/content/dam/visitsingapore/whats-happening/festivals/hungry-ghost-festival/local-highlight/paper-offerings-desktop-bg.png) ![Getai Singers](https://www.visitsingapore.com/content/dam/visitsingapore/whats-happening/festivals/hungry-ghost-festival/local-highlight/getai-singers-desktop-bg.png) ![Joss Sticks (Insence sticks)](https://www.visitsingapore.com/content/dam/visitsingapore/whats-happening/festivals/hungry-ghost-festival/local-highlight/joss-sticks-desktop.png) ![Colorful horses made from paper](https://www.visitsingapore.com/content/dam/visitsingapore/whats-happening/festivals/hungry-ghost-festival/local-highlight/paper-offerings-desktop.png) ![Getai Singers getting ready to perform](https://www.visitsingapore.com/content/dam/visitsingapore/whats-happening/festivals/hungry-ghost-festival/local-highlight/getai-singers-circle.png) ![blurb](https://www.visitsingapore.com/content/dam/visitsingapore/movingplate-translated/icon-clickinghand-nobg.gif) Explore ChinatownNeighborhood From trendy bars and traditional merchants to bustling streets and stories, Singapore's Chinatown is filled with enchantment. [Find out more](https://www.visitsingapore.com/neighbourhood/featured-neighbourhood/chinatown/)
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