Ethnic-Chinese Indonesians throw "hell money", prepared as offerings for their ancestors' souls into the air during the "hungry ghost" festival in Medan, North Sumatra, Indonesia. (AP Photo/Binsar ...

The Ghost Month starts on Friday (29 July) in Singapore. Taking place during the seventh lunar month of the Chinese calendar, the Ghost Month marks the period when the gates of heaven and hell are ...

Glowing orbs glide through Pasir Ris & Tampines in viral 2025 TikToks amid Hungry Ghost Festival (Image for illustrative purposes) Prosopo : Pexels In the humid haze of Singapore's 2025 Ghost Month, a ...

Every year, the seventh lunar month casts a different mood over Chinese communities in mainland China and the diaspora across Malaysia, Singapore, all of Southeast Asia, and beyond. Streets fill with ...

As the story goes, in the seventh month of the Chinese lunar calendar, the gates of hell burst open. Voracious and sometimes vengeful ghosts cross over the threshold from the world of the dead and ...

The studio lights dim, the band begins to strum, and it's showtime for a Singapore getai concert - a popular form of entertainment in southeast Asia that features songs, skits and over-the-top ...