Phuket People - Girls at the Annual Hungry Ghost Festival, Phuket City

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Phuket People - Girls at the Annual Hungry Ghost Festival, Phuket City, originally uploaded by HellonEarth2006.

The Ghost Festival, also known as the Hungry Ghost Festival, or Yu Lan is a traditional Chinese festival and holiday celebrated by Chinese in many countries. In the Chinese calendar (a lunisolar calendar), the Ghost Festival is on the 15th night of the seventh lunar month (14th in southern China).

In Chinese tradition, the fifteenth day of the seventh month in the lunar calendar is called Ghost Day and the seventh month in general is regarded as the Ghost Month (鬼月), in which ghosts and spirits, including those of the deceased ancestors, come out from the lower realm.
(Wikipedia)
Phuket City which has many people of Chinese descent celebrates this festival each year.