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🎭 Bea Yeh Ogden @breakingclouds and Wendi YuLing's @wanderingwonton revival of the ancient Chinese tradition of Zhongyuan Jie, the Festival of Hungry Ghosts πŸ‘», was an interactive art ritual. Traditionally held on the 15th night of the seventh lunar month πŸŒ•, this communal act of holding space was timely for me personally as it coincided with my own period of mourning. πŸ–€

In Taoist and Buddhist traditions, living descendants pay homage to their deceased ancestors. 🧘 During the Ghost Festival, the deceased are believed to visit the living. Rituals are performed to transmute and absolve the sufferings of the deceased.

Activities during the festival include preparing ritualistic food offerings 🍲, burning incense πŸ”₯, and burning joss paper, a form of papier-mΓ’chΓ© material.

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By Nikita Kozlov