AFPSingapore might be one of Asia's wealthiest and most well-educated societies, but quirky superstitions are part of daily life in the predominantly ethnic Chinese city-state.
Superstition comes to the fore during the month-long Hungry Ghost Festival, which began on Friday.
Chinese superstition holds that the gates of hell are opened for spirits to wander across the mortal realm before they return to the underworld.
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