A woman has sparked a heated debate after filming herself picking up fruit offerings left by the roadside during the Hungry Ghost Festival, while declaring: “This isn’t stealing.”
The festival is observed during the seventh month of the lunar calendar, when devotees prepare offerings and burn incense, joss paper, and other items by the roadside to pay respects to the dead.
According to a report by Shin Min Daily News on Aug 21, a woman who claims to be from Sichuan, China, and works as a bus driver in Singapore, posted a TikTok video of herself picking up fruit offerings by the roadside.
The video appears to have been taken down.
The woman says to the camera: “Working overseas isn’t easy. We have to live frugally, and fruit in Singapore is so expensive!”
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She then picks up an orange and says: “Today, I picked up fruit that was offered to the Buddha to eat. This isn’t stealing, okay? Thank you, Buddha. I told Buddha about it.”
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