By: Joshua Kim
The Ghost Festival is also called the Hungry Ghost festival, and it started in China. The official name of the ghost festival is Ullambana. It is called ghost month in the month when they celebrate the Ghost Festival on that day. And, it is observed by Buddhists.
The type of the Ghost Festival is an Asian and Buddhist festival. The significance of the Ghost Festival is the opening of the gates of Hell, permitting all ghosts to receive food and drink.
The date for the Ghost Festival in 2010 is August 24. The observances of Ghost festival is Ancestor worship, offering food (to monks as well as deceased), chanting of scriptures.
The Ghost Festival in Japan is called Obon. On the day when they do the Ghost Festival, they don’t swim because the ghosts will pull you to a water and kill you. There is one more fun fact that when we are outside alone at night, ghosts will go to a child’s body and make the kid crazy.
So, the Ghost Festival is fun and scary.
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