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Festival of Malaysia
HUNGRY GHOSTS FESTIVAL 
  Celebrated on the 15th day of the seventh lunar month by Buddhists and Taoists. Bundle of joss sticks, paper hell money, and food placed on the street corner and roadsides are burnt to appease the dead spirit from entering their home and cause disturbance in their household. It is   believed that the gate of the hell are opened and all the hungry ghosts   wander the earth in search of food and taking revenge to those who has   wronged them in life. Legend has it that two childhood sweethearts   forbidden were rejected marriage by their parents, committed suicide by   jumping from the Yu Lan Bridge. A single stalk of lotus bearing two   flowers under the bridge was found several days later.
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