Thai Chinese cemetery shows movies for dead in eerie night of entertainment
- Resting place holds graves of nearly 3,000 descendants of people who came from China to live in Thailand
A Chinese cemetery in Thailand has taken the movie going experience to a new level – by holding film screenings for the dead.
From June 2 to June 6, the eternal resting place in Nakhon Ratchasima province in northeastern Thailand, which holds 2,800 graves, carefully set out rows of empty chairs.
The graves mostly belong to descendants of people from China who went to live in Thailand, and the film screenings were arranged to commemorate their spirits.
During the open-air film screenings, only four staff members were present, and the films were shown from 7pm until midnight each day.
Staff also laid on a feast for the spirits, burning paper offerings such as food, model houses, vehicles, clothing and daily necessities.
The screening event was organised by the Sawang Metta Thammasathan Foundation to commemorate the spirits and provide them with a modern form of entertainment, according to KhaoSod, a Thai daily newspaper.