Just out the back of Plaza Singapura I came across this makeshift shrine erected by the staff of one of the shops in that mall. They were good enough to tell me what it meant to them. For one month every year ghosts or souls of the departed are invited to return to earth and have fun. The ghosts include deceased family so I guess this is a manifestation of what is called ancestor worship. Shrines are erected and paper money and incense is burned in most housing estates across Singapore. But it's only on the 1st 15th and 30th day of the lunar calendar month that the bigger festivities happen so today these people are making offerings and saying prayers for, according to one older man, such things as safety at work.
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