India.com – Online

One of Hong Kong‘s most interesting annual festival – the Hungry Ghost Festival – falls on the 15th night of the seventh lunar month, which happens to be on August 15 this year. The whole month is actually called the ‘Ghost Month’ because it’s believed that the gates of the afterlife open up to allow spirits to roam the Earth. While it sounds like a haunted and spooky holiday, the Hungry Ghost Festival is a celebration to honour dead ancestors and relatives.