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Ghost Festival traditions endure in Ho Chi Minh City’s Chinatown
In Ho Chi Minh City’s historic Chinatown, an age-old ritual for wandering spirits remains a powerful expression of belief, generosity and hopes for peace and prosperity.
Families carry ancestral tablets in Ho Chi Minh City ritual for the dead
Holding ancestral tablets close to their chests, families crossed a symbolic bridge at a Taoist temple in Ho Chi Minh City, praying for the spirits of departed loved ones to find peace and move on to another life.
Chinese community preserves rare Taoist ritual in HCM City
A Taoist master raises his ritual staff and, one by one, breaks five miniature structures representing the five directions of hell - a centuries-old act of spiritual liberation preserved by Ho Chi Minh City’s Chinese community.
