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Getai and Hungry Ghosts

The Hungry Ghost Festival is held in Singapore during the seventh lunar month when it is said that the gates of Hell are flung open and the spirits roam the earth.
The festival features many Getai (literally song stage) performances for the people and spirits alike but the front row seats are traditionally reserved for the spirits. It's bad form to sit in the front row if they are reserved in this way.

Front row seats reserved for the spirits
Front row seats reserved for the spirits		 The audience
The audience		 A performer waits her turn
A performer waits her turn		 MC rushing to the stage
MC rushing to the stage
Getai performer
Getai performer		 t6%2f40%2f390940%2f4%2f85566030.vgyrWZCY.jpg t6%2f40%2f390940%2f4%2f84692570.rLXyTyxl.jpg t6%2f40%2f390940%2f4%2f84692614.ZoewTUfV.jpg
Chinese opera with musician
Chinese opera with musician		 Chinese opera musician
Chinese opera musician		 t6%2f40%2f390940%2f4%2f85566470.d5KfPv5O.jpg t6%2f40%2f390940%2f4%2f85568092.WVgnOWZY.jpg

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Leland Wong 12-Dec-2007 15:28
the trippiest hungry ghost festival i ever saw was in Penang. the stages in every neighborhod with singers and opera. the most mystical was the last day when the paper effigies were burned.
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