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  2. Ghost Festival - Wikipedia

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    As a Buddhist festival: The origin story of the modern Ghost Festival, ultimately originated from ancient India, deriving from the Mahayana scripture known as the Yulanpen or Ullambana Sutra. [ 11 ] : 301, 302 [ note 2 ] The sutra records the time when Maudgalyāyana achieves abhijñā and uses his newfound powers to search for his deceased ...

  3. Hungry ghost - Wikipedia

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    The Hungry Ghost Festival is celebrated during the seventh month of the Chinese calendar. It also falls at the same time as a full moon, the new season, the fall harvest, the peak of monastic asceticism, the rebirth of ancestors, and the assembly of the local community. [ 20 ]

  4. Ghost Festival (Nepal) - Wikipedia

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    Ghost Festival (भुतमेला, bhoot mela) takes place on the full moon day of the month of Kartik (October/November) in Siraha district of Nepal at the Kamala River. [ 1 ] In this festival, the shamans cure any illness caused by their family deity, or by evil people in their village by using tantric power.

  5. Phi Ta Khon - Wikipedia

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    Phi Ta Khon (Thai: ผีตาโขน; phǐi taa khǒn; [pʰǐː taː kʰǒn]) is a festival held in Dan Sai, Loei province, Isan, Thailand.The events take place over three days sometime between March and July, the dates being selected annually by the town’s mediums.

  6. Ghosts in Chinese culture - Wikipedia

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    The Ghost Festival (盂蘭節) is a traditional Chinese festival celebrated by Chinese in many countries. The fifteenth day of the seventh month in the lunar calendar is called Ghost Day and the seventh month in general is regarded as the 'Ghost Month' ( 鬼月 ), in which ghosts and spirits, including those of the deceased ancestors, come out ...

  7. Zhuputan Temple - Wikipedia

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    The origins of Zhuputan Temple are deeply rooted in the Qing Dynasty, when the Keelung Ghost Festival began.The festival was organised by four main groups, collectively known as the "Four Pillars," which included the main association, the main ritual site, the main altar, and Zhuputan, the central site for food offerings to the spirits.

  8. Yulanpen Sutra - Wikipedia

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    The most ancient of those accounts (Petavatthu No. 14 - The Story of the Mother of Sariputta) describes how the disciple Sāriputta rescued his mother (from five past lives ago) who had become a preta or hungry ghost. Similar to the Yulanpen Sutra, Sariputta builds four huts and fills them with food and drink for the Sangha of the four quarters ...

  9. Taiwanese superstitions - Wikipedia

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    Taiwanese people are known to exchange gifts amongst one another on many occasions as a sign of respect and good faith. And as such, it is essential for them to understand the taboos and superstitions behind several gift giving traditions so that they do not unintentionally disrespect the other party.