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Hungry Ghost Festival and the Zoo!

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August 23rd 2009
So apparently I am here just in time for the Hungry Ghost Festival, which includes burning paper money, offering food and a slew of suspitions. Since Singapore is over 75% Chinese you see people everyone who have piles of ash in front of their houses and on the streets... And you don't get fined for lighting the fire either! The Singapore Zoo was pretty awesome. Seeing as though I haven't been ... read more

Asia » Singapore

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Singapore was founded as a British trading colony in 1819. It joined the Malaysian Federation in 1963 but separated two years later and became independent. It subsequently became one of the world's most prosperous countries with strong international ... ... read more