Middle Moon (Jong Yong) Festival

Local Chinese people are generally quite superstitious with a lot of legends and stories. This month is also called Ghost Festival whereby the hell gate is opened and ghosts are all round the corners at night. Children are discouraged to go out at night to avoid encountering misfortunes. 

Just now on the way back at 7.00pm, I saw quite a number of people praying with candle sticks, burning hell money and offering food to appease the ghosts in front of the shops and houses.

Of course, Christians and Atheists do not believe that and they swarm the Kuching Food Festival at the City Centre at night enjoying different types of food.

This is the beauty of the diverse culture in Sarawak, having various customs and practices by different races of people.