August 13 – 16 is Bon Festival, also called the Feast of Lanterns, a Buddhist celebration in Japan.. It is during this time that spirits of the dead visit family and friends on Earth. People light lanterns and make bonfires in the dead’s honor.

I have heard (but not believed) the spirits of the dead
May walk again.
— Winter’s Tale

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