3,000 take part in night-time Hungry Ghost ritual in cemetery

Paying homage: A woman making offerings to mark the Hungry Ghost Month with special prayers for victims of MH17 and MH370 in Petaling Jaya. - FAIHAN GHANI / The Star

MALACCA: Over 3,000 devotees trekked barefoot through the Jelutong Chinese Cemetery here on the 14th night of the Hungry Ghost month in a ritual thought to bring luck.

Braving the pitch dark night and the rough terrain, the devotees walked for 1.5km among the over 20,000 graves in the 19th-century cemetery in Batu Berendam on Friday.