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Michael Lee

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An Indonesian Taoist devotee burns incense sticks and lays out food offerings for ancestors during the Hungry Ghost celebration. Food offerings are made while paper money and incense sticks are burnt outside homes to keep the spirits of dead ancestors happy and bring fortune and prosperity.

Dead ancestors return for a month—needing to be fed and appeased.

When Chinese Americans Were Scapegoated for Bubonic Plague

As Honolulu and San Francisco faced outbreaks, the cities’ responses caused devastation to Asian communities.

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