In photos: ‘Ghost month’ in Vietnam
VOV.VN -During the ‘ghost month’, beginning on August 14 and ending on September 12, Vietnamese people offer food, many types of fruit and votive papers to hungry ghosts who supposedly wander the streets and drop into some houses.
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| The seventh month in the lunar calendar is believed to be the time when ghosts and spirits come out from the lower realm and visit the living. |
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| Thus, the ‘ghost month’ is typically associated with bad luck. |
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| Worshipping ghosts and spirits through offerings of food, votive objects at pagodas and temples |
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Animals such as birds and fish are also released. |
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| Avoiding some taboos during the seventh lunar month including never steal even a single cookie or small guava from offerings tray, |
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| never shout out another person’s name at midnight, |
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| and never pick up any currency bills on the street. |
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