Ghost Month begins

Keelung Mayor Lin Yu-chang (林右昌, second right) attends a ceremony at the city's Laodagong Temple to mark the start of Ghost Month -- the seventh month of the lunar calendar -- on Sunday. It is believed that during the month, spirits in the underworld are allowed back to the world of the living. Photo courtesy of Keelung City government Aug. 8, 2021

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