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Hungry Ghost Festival: Ancestors of Community

Vassa and Kathina: Retreat From the World

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Tag: Ancestor Worship

Hungry Ghost Festival: Ancestors of Community

01/09/202001/09/2020 UnderstandingTheology

Quick Facts Summary: A festival month in East Asia in which people leave food and offerings for ancestors and others who have are suffering in the afterlife. 2020 Date: September 2nd. The Seventh month of the East Asian Lunar Calendar. Celebrated by: Buddhists, Taoists, Chinese and East Asian societies. Linked Holidays: Sweeping Tomb Festival, Phi […]

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Ancestor Worship

09/12/201621/07/2020 UnderstandingTheology

by Theo Poward I have spent much of the past year in Taiwan. While there I have had the unique opportunity to learn about Daoism, the traditional belief system of China, that has been better preserved in Taiwan. In this piece I don’t want to go into why and get myself caught in a political […]

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