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”.

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 - 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.

An advertising agency and a local Chinese religious goods merchant claim to have developed a new type of joss paper that reduces the environmental impact of traditional paper burning at Chinese ...

Spirits from the netherworld come to roam our streets, the living burn joss paper and make food offerings, and yours truly is let out of the basement to write an opinion piece on the Hungry Ghost ...

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 ...