Custom craft for the afterlife

Made from scratch: Lim showing two lotus flowers which can be prepared using DIY joss paper. Many of the customers at his shop along Lebuh Carnavon, Penang are turning to these convenient crafts for this year’s Hungry Ghost Festival preparations. — KT GOH/The Star

GEORGE TOWN: Joss paper, folded into artful shapes, is all the rage for the Hungry Ghost Festival.

Personalised and inexpensive, many this year have opted to fold joss paper offerings into a handicraft of sorts, using the Internet as their source of inspiration and guidance.