Devotees throng temple for Hungry Ghost ceremony


MALACCA: More than 3,000 devotees thronged the Ti Fang Fu Temple in recent days to take part in a centuries-old ritual that they believe would increase one’s luck.

The ceremony, performed during the Hungry Ghost Month, saw devotees taking part in a 1.5km procession deep in the 19th-century Jelutong Chinese Cemetery in Batu Berendam, which has more than 20,000 graves.

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