Metal hooks weighed down with milk pots skewered the flesh of men’s backs as tridents pierced their cheeks and tongues.
The Hungry Ghost Festival, or Yulan Festival, falls on the 15th day of the seventh lunar month, also known as “Ghost month”. This year, the festival lands on Sunday, August 18. During Ghost ...
Observed by many Taoists and Buddhists in certain East and Southeast Asian countries, the Hungry Ghost Festival falls on the seventh lunar month of every year. During this period, also known as ...