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Ghost Festival

Ghost Festival is a special festival held in some countries to remember the dead. On this day, families will pray and give offerings to the spirits of their deceased ancestors so that they can have a peaceful afterlife. People usually make offerings of food and money to their ancestors and burned incense and paper offerings in order to help their ancestors in the afterlife. Its like a party for the dead. They believe that this will bring peace to their ancestors and also bring peace and good luck to the living.