Actually, here in HK Halloween is more of a pop culture/party/excuse to dress up thing, but not much trick or treating goes on. Otherwise, the pagan/spirit tradition aspect of it doesn't exist here.
But we do have the Hungry Ghost Festival, which is fairly close.
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on 2008-10-30 02:23 pm (UTC)Actually, here in HK Halloween is more of a pop culture/party/excuse to dress up thing, but not much trick or treating goes on. Otherwise, the pagan/spirit tradition aspect of it doesn't exist here.
But we do have the Hungry Ghost Festival, which is fairly close.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hungry_Ghost_Festival