Hungry Ghost Festival 大士爷回銮 II K.Kurau - Malaysia

Hungry Ghost comes from a fusion of Buddhist, Taoist and Confusion teaching. In Buddhism, it is believed that world consist of six realms – one of them is called Preta which is loosely translated as “Hungry Ghost”. In this realm, the dwellers are said to be always hungry with insatiable appetite but they lack the means to either eat or drink. Hungry ghosts are ones that have been neglected by their living family for a long time, died unfairly or not been given proper send off when they died.