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Massive 68-foot paper vessel set ablaze for Hungry Ghost Festival in Sibu

SIBU (Aug 27): A large crowd of devotees gathered at Sibu Fong Hwang San Ur Par Wang Kong Temple tonight to mark the Hungry Ghost Festival with a grand offering ceremony. The highlight of the event was the burning of a massive bamboo-and-paper vessel measuring about 68 feet long, 35 feet high and 12 feet [...] The post Massive 68-foot paper vessel set ablaze for Hungry Ghost Festival in Sibu…

Massive 68-foot paper vessel set ablaze for Hungry Ghost Festival in Sibu

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