A cinema for the dead was set up in Thailand (5 photos)

What, let them watch a movie too? They did everything honorably: the screen was pulled up, the chairs were arranged in rows, just like in a real movie. And there’s no one in the chairs, that’s how they play the movie.





The chairs are covered with white capes, like twenty little ghosts. Carlson is missing

A series of sessions for the dead was held by the Chinese Cemetery in Thailand. Almost 3,000 descendants of people who came from China to live in Thailand are buried there. The screenings took place from June 2 to 6 at a cemetery in Nakhon Ratchasima province in northeastern Thailand.

It's funny that living people couldn't buy tickets to a dead show. There were only four employees alive at the sessions, who kept order and started the films. The sessions took place for 5 days strictly from seven in the evening to midnight.



Chinese cemeteries in Thailand look very expensive, relatives come from the “big country” once a year

And mock-ups of food were burned as “popcorn for spirits”; it is believed that this is how the spirit ate. Models of houses and cars were also burned as gifts to please the deceased to the fullest.

Why do this?

The show was organized in memory of the spirits of the ancestors, in order to somehow modernize this ritual. Ancestors are highly revered in both China and Thailand, but this time they wanted to give the ancient lightings a more modern format. Let the long dead enjoy the fashionable cinema, they could not go to it during their lifetime.





This is what traditional commemoration of ancestors looks like in Thailand

True, the organizer of the “cinema for the dead” admitted that at first he was very creepy and had to overcome himself. But in the end, no one was hurt (unexpectedly, really), so now he is very happy and proud. He believes that the ancestors rejoiced and had fun.

It is believed that the spirits of ancestors linger in the earthly world due to unfulfilled desires. Perhaps the screening of the film closed the gestalt of at least one ghost and began a new cycle of rebirth.



And this is what local, purely Thai cemeteries look like. Like Disneyland!

I couldn’t find anywhere what films were shown. It seems that there were really only 4 employees there, and no one alive, including journalists, was invited to the session. This is such a thing in itself, though only for the cemetery. Which makes us believe that they actually organized the events not for PR and hoaxes, but really only for their very narrow target audience.



I would show the deceased the film The Guy from Our Cemetery, simple, about ghosts and kind. Perfect

I would do the opposite, invite people to a movie in a cemetery under the pretext of “watch a movie with your grandfather.” This is how you can remember your ancestors in an interesting format and even spend some quality time with them. Once a year is possible.