OPINION: In Singapore, Ghosts Are Real, Scary, and Hungry - Cheryl Lu-Lien Tan

The Atlantic, 1 Apr 2011Of all the holidays I've celebrated, the Festival of the Hungry Ghosts remained the trickiest. The Chinese in Singapore believe that August—the seventh month in the Chinese calendar—is when ghosts are released from Hell and allowed to roam the earth. (Who knew the Other World was so generous with vacation time?) Think of it as Halloween—on steroids—celebrated over an