Hey Susan , what are you coming as this year ?
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user
Coming as ?
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assistant
Yeah ... for Halloween ! We have a big office party tomorrow evening . There's a prize for best costume !
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user
Um ... I have to confess , I haven't given it much thought . I'm from China and Halloween really isn't celebrated there .
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assistant
Really ! You don't have some kind of Chinese ghost festival ?
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user
Oh ... Sure . We have an entire month ! In traditional Chinese culture , Ghost Month is a period when the door between this world and beyond opens up and ghosts come back to earth for a visit .
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assistant
Cool ! A whole month ! What do you do during that month ?
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user
Well , people sometimes set off firecrackers , some people burn paper money as an offering and many people go to a temple to burn incense.Mainly though , you need to feed the ghosts because they're hungry .
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assistant
Feed them ?
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user
Yeah ... we set up tables with food , fruit and drinks and offer that to the hungry ghosts .
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assistant
And then later everyone eats the food ?
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user
Yes ! How did you guess that ?
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assistant
It makes sense , right ? Who else is going to eat it ?
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user
Good Point !
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assistant
But no dressing up like ghosts , right ?
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user
No ! So ... is Halloween essentially the same thing as ghost month ?
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