SINGAPORE: I do not envy the Alliance for Action on Norms for Joss Paper Burning (cleverly acronymised as AfA rather than the much more challenging AANJPB), whose mission is to “forge a ...

Recently, a video showing burning firecrackers being flung at a group of lion dancers during a performance in front of a shoplot in Sandakan went viral. Did such an incident really happen?

A city in China that has banned the manufacture and sale of ghost money and other paper funeral products used to worship ancestors has been told the rule is “too straightforward and rude”.

SINGAPORE - More does not mean better when it comes to burning joss paper to one’s deceased ancestors, as the practice is meant to be about piety and compassion – not a transaction.

Ritual sees burning paper miniatures of gold bars, cash, cars, houses Tradition shows respect to dead, ensures wealth in afterlife A city in China that has banned the manufacture and sale of ghost ...

SINGAPORE -The number of complaints over burning joss paper during the Chinese New Year period fell by 70 per cent, from 886 cases in 2022 to 282 cases in 2023, the Alliance for Action (AfA ...

The Ghost Month, and the Hungry Ghost Festival, is here again. Apart from noting the key dates and events, and being mindful of the taboos, do you know the rules when it comes to the burning of ...