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post-Hungry Ghost, Sophia Road, Singapore.
Fujifilm X-E1 + Fujinon 35mm. Multiexposure mode. N(atura)H film simulation. ƒ/1.4. iso1600. Cropped and slightly tilted.
Apparently this building is the "Thirty Houses Street Ghost Festival Association 卅間街坊盂蘭會" (thanks to Fion N.).
Staunton Street 士丹頓街, Sheung Wan 上環, HK island 香港島.
Hungry Ghost Festival falls on the 7th month of the lunar New Year and is celebrated mainly in China and other countries such as Singapore & Malaysia. It is believe that during this month, the gates of hell are opened to free the hungry ghosts who then wander to seek food on Earth. Chinese celebrate this festival chiefly to remember their deceased family members and pay tribute to them. They also feel that offering food to the deceased appeases them and wards off bad luck.
Chinese also believe that the dead return to visit their living relatives during the 7th month and so they prepare a sumptuous meal for the ‘hungry ghosts’, just as they would for normal Chinese gatherings at festivals. They also offer prayers to the deceased relatives and burn joss sticks.
In Malaysia and Singapore, there are also concerts (getai or wayang) performed on outdoor stages in some neighborhoods at night. These concerts used to be traditional Chinese (different dialects) operas and (Teochews and Hokkien) puppet shows; however nowadays such traditional performances are very rare- they are replaced by pop music. There is a belief that this entertainment would please those wandering ghosts.
This photo is a rare Hokkien puppet show.
Getai show for Hungry Ghost Festival, Maude Road, Singapore.
Fujifilm X-E1 + Fujinon 35mm. Multiexposure mode. N(atura)H film simulation. ƒ/1.4. iso1600. No alteration.
Sometimes even I find it hard to look at the images I take, but it is all part of the human condition and the urge to document what I see around me takes me over. Maybe it is the Buddhist in me and the fact that I see the world in many ways as world of suffering, 'Saha' world
www.buddhistdoor.com/oldweb/bdoor/common/sources/glosss-s...
and wish to find beauty and meaning even in these sort of images.
This is an old Gent who frequents Brixton Market in London just wandering around all day. In many ways I find him to be the embodiment of a 'hungary Ghost' from the Tibetan 'wheel of life' as he just keeps wandering asking for things and is never really satisfied
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bhavacakra
which contains the text below
Hungry ghost realm: hungry ghosts suffer from extreme hunger and thirst. They wander constantly in search of food and drink, only to be miserably frustrated any time them come close to actually getting what they want. For example, they see a stream of pure, clear water in the distance, but by the time the get there the stream has dried up. Hungry ghosts have huge bellies and long thin necks. On the rare occasions that they do manage to find something to eat or drink, the food or water burns their neck as it goes down to their belly, causing them intense agony.
Top of the food chain? Hardly. (Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, Paléontologie et Anatomie Comparée)
From series James G. Mundie's Cabinet of Curiosities
[Copyright © 2008 James G. Mundie. Image may not be reproduced in any form without express written permission.]
During the Ghost Month
(Aug 7 and will last until Sept 4.) the gates of Hell are opened, releasing ghosts, and spirits including those of the dead with permits to roam the living world.
For the local Chinese who believe in this, the festival has always been held to pay respects to the dead, and to seek protection and good luck from the ‘Tai Su Yah‘ (King of Hades)- the ruler of the underworld.
Long hours of prayers beginning early each day through late at night for almost a month are conducted in an intense manner with massive offerings of food offered up to Tai Su Yeah.
Huge quantities of joss papers are also offered to Tai Su Yeah, as well as roasted pigs, goats, chicken, ducks and traditional Chinese cakes miku, moho, gem biscuits, fruits and flowers.
The intensity of the practice stunned me. Never have I seen so many people offering up prayers to any deity as this before..and this being the King of Hades.
Protection and favour seems to be the main purpose in all I witnessed.
More surprising was the presence of the young - I'd expected to see the seniors as the majority, but no; it was mostly attended by those below 30; teens and kids included...
An old lady burning spirit money during the Hungry Ghost Festival.
The Hungry Ghost Festival (or Ghost Festival) is one of the major festivals in China. There is a belief throughout China that for the 7th month in a year the world is dominated by ghosts or spirits and thus the Ghost Festival is held.
The Festival is a major Buddhist and Taoist event. Hungry ghosts are the restless spirits of people who did not have a funeral. There is no one visiting their graves and they do not receive the gifts that Chinese people would take to their ancestors to pay respects, so they miss out on food and spirit money.
In a logical way to stop the ghosts causing problems for the living, many communities provide them with food to appease them (as is here in Lamma Island).
Chinese believe once a year, the souls of the dead are let loose to roam among the living for a month. The gates of hell are thrown opened annually on the first day of the seventh month of the Chinese lunar calendar and shut on the 30th day. To appease the these wandering spirits, the Chinese offer a banquet filled with sumptuous food, gifts and entertainment. This festival known as the Festival of the Hungry Ghost, has been celebrated for as long as the Chinese have been here.
Getai concert for The Hungry Ghosts (7th month).
Chinatown, Singapore.
Fujifilm X-E1 + Fujinon XF 35mm. ƒ/2. iso 4000. N(atura)H film simulation. Crop.
Hungry Ghost Festival in Penang, Malaysia
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Saturday, March 30, 2013
7pm-11pm
21+
Save More Lounge
4060 N. Lincoln, Chicago, Illinois 60618
Come join HGC for the opening reception of "A Dull Spectre" at Save More Lounge!
We've got great art, sweet entertainment, wonderful people, cheap drinks, and free snacks!
Featured Artists:
Jeff Bartholomay
Lucy Boche
Christopher Craddock
Diane de Ribaupierre
Jen Donahue
Jacqueline Hochbaum
Kelly Ichinose
Mike Innocenzi
Siobhan Kealy
Jenny Lang
Nate Mathews
Live Entertainment:
Mue Sephei
Vapor Lanes
+ More to come!
A local man readies his incense during the Hungry Ghost Festival.
The Hungry Ghost Festival (or Ghost Festival) is one of the major festivals in China. There is a belief throughout China that for the 7th month in a year the world is dominated by ghosts or spirits and thus the Ghost Festival is held.
The Festival is a major Buddhist and Taoist event. Hungry ghosts are the restless spirits of people who did not have a funeral. There is no one visiting their graves and they do not receive the gifts that Chinese people would take to their ancestors to pay respects, so they miss out on food and spirit money.
In a logical way to stop the ghosts causing problems for the living, many communities provide them with food to appease them (as is here in Lamma Island).
Fall Equinox: The floating lanterns are launched at dusk on the 100 Acres Lake, Indianapolis Museum of Art. On the first night of fall, Seattle-based composer Nat Evans and members of the Butler University Jordan College of Fine Arts Composers Orchestra performed Hungry Ghosts, a waterborne concert with floating lanterns. Inspired by the Chinese and Japanese Ghost Festival tradition of ancestral offerings of light and sound, this atmospheric installation featured musicians in canoes on the 100 Acres Lake.
"His belly is huge, his mouth is tiny, and his hunger is endless."
The "Hungry Ghost," originally the "Preta," comes from Hindu, Buddhist, Sikh, and Jain texts, although most of the tradition behind it is Chinese in origin, and most modern cultural references are from the Japanese concept, the 'Gaki." A Hungry Ghost is actually pretty simple - if you are a glutton, you will be reincarnated as one of these creatures. The original concept has it as insatiably ravenous but incapable of actually eating, usually with a throat too narrow to swallow. Modern popular culture, of course, just turned it into a spooky cannibal monster. I mean, one of them is even a character in the Samurai Shodown games (But then, Alexander Hamilton is also a character in the Samurai Shodown games, so make of that what you will).
In Dreamblade, the Hungry Ghost gains extra movement into enemy territory, all the better to eat them.
Hungry Ghosts Festival, Sim Lim Square, Singapore.
Fujifilm X-E1 + Fujinon 35mm. Multiexposure mode. N(atura)H film simulation. ƒ/1.4. iso1600. No alteration.
It's that time again... Hungry Ghost Collective is having another show!
This time we are having a postcard show and silent auction. "A Postcard Show" will featured 5 different signed editions from each artist--an affordable way to get some great art to send to friends or hang on your wall!
This is a private event, so if you would like to come, please message me for more information, or visit www.hungryghostcollective.com