A prayer for our departed loved ones

Bulan Thursday August 30th, 2018

Sketch of the day no 1227 in my moleskine sketchbook : Giant joss sticks.

It is ghost month and the Chinese believe that the gates of heaven and hell are open allowing spirits from the other realm to roam free on earth to visit their loved ones. The tradition is to give offerings to our ancestors and other wandering spirits to appease them