Hungry Ghost Festival Or Showgirl Festival For Hungry Chinese Men?
Interestingly, Penang Teong Guan Association adviser Datuk Lim Yam Koi knows that the Tai Su Yeah (King of Hades) deity does not fancy scantily-dressed Chinese showsingers performing on stage.
Yes, come each Hungry Ghost Month, especially in Malaysia, Singapore and Taiwan, the temple organizing comittees would engage scantily-clad Chinese girls gyrating and singing on the makeshift stages. Two years ago, in Singapore, they even included stage pole dancers in the ranchy acts.
For those who understand Hokkien songs, you would know that they even allow racy and vulgar songs to be performed, to the delight of the middle aged Chinese men. It is said that stripping act is even permitted in Taiwan. God must be crazy!
