Besides the Chinese opera on the last day of the state-level Hungry Ghost Festival at Padang Brown in Georgetown, Penang, there was a puppet opera show the night before. Some other places might hold a Ko-Tai, a modern variety-sort of show which features live sexy lady singers in modern glittering costumes belting out popular modern pop songs but I suppose there was no Ko-Tai at all there in Padang Brown. Now, if you are beginning to think that Hungry Ghost Festival is all play, then you are mistaken. Hungry Ghost Festival is also about praying. There were devotees offering prayers throughout the day. There were less people in the afternoon but at night, the devotees trickled in and it culminated into a big gathering. Chantings were heard amidst the din from the opera show and at one point, I wonder how the two activities could be held simultaneously and at so near a place too. The people in Penang must be terribly tolerant! The praying session that night was very different from the one normally seen elsewhere and I would even believe if you'd said that is was Tibetan influenced...
Can you spot anythingthat reminds you of the Tibetans?
Can you spot anythingthat reminds you of the Tibetans?
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