Even a brief experience of the ghost festival leaves an impression of spirited diversity. My own encounter with the annual celebration began in Taiwan on September 5, 1979, when string after string of firecrackers punctuated an already fitful night of sleep. All month long hungry ghosts had been wandering the earth, released from their usual torments in the dark regions of hell to visit their families, who welcomed their own kin but warded off stranger ghosts with noisemakers and smoke.
- ISBN:
- 9780691026770
- 9780691026770
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Category:
- Buddhism
- Format:
- Paperback
- Publication Date:
-
01-12-1996
- Language:
- English
- Publisher:
- Princeton University Press
- Country of origin:
- United States
- Pages:
- 296
- Dimensions (mm):
- 254x197x16mm
- Weight:
- 0.43kg
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