Penang gazettes Hungry Ghost Festival as state heritage, six sites also set for official recognition
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GEORGE TOWN, Sept 3 — Penang has gazetted the Teong Guan Phor Thor, or Hungry Ghost Festival, as a state heritage item under the Penang State Heritage Enactment 2011,...
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Penang Chief Minister Chow Kon Yeow said the state government approved its nomination on April 8, before it came into force as Penang heritage on June 25.
The Hungry Ghost Festival is observed during the seventh month of the Chinese lunar calendar, when Buddhists and Taoists conduct rituals to honour ancestors and spirits believed to roam during the period.
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