Hundreds of Hong Kong protesters held a religious vigil on Aug. 9 near the Wong Tai Sin Disciplined Services Quarters, where police families live, burning joss paper and money for the "hungry ghost" in a satirical protest against authorities.
People who joined the ceremony said it was held as a creative way to "voice their demands" and show displeasure to the government in a sarcastic way by burning joss paper and making offerings to the authorities. The ritual is normally held to pray for late ancestors and the dead.
A few moments of tension between protesters and police erupted near the ceremony, where demonstrators appeared to run towards the officers like the anime character "Naruto."
Hong Kong has been embroiled in increasingly violent anti-government street protests for the past two months, which a top Chinese official described this week as the greatest crisis since its return from British to Chinese rule in 1997.
What started as an angry response to a now-suspended measure for criminal suspects to be extradited for trial in China has rapidly broadened to encompass calls for more democracy, the resignation of the city's leader Carrie Lam, and even keeping out mainland tourists
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