The Hungry Ghost Festival in Singapore: Getai (Songs on Stage) in the Lunar Seventh Month

This paper examines the interaction between state power and the everyday life of ordinary Chinese Singaporeans by looking at the Hungry Ghost Festival as a contested category. The paper first develops a theoretical framework building on previous scholars’ examination of the contestation of space and...

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Main Author: Hong Yin Chan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2020-07-01
Series:Religions
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2077-1444/11/7/356