<p>&nbsp;<picture>
            <source srcset="https://media.nationthailand.com/uploads/images/2021/02/13/zk0F2tPffyZ5ijiy_203627.jpg?x-image-process=style/md-webp" media="(max-width: 690px)" type="image/webp" />
            <img src="https://media.nationthailand.com/uploads/images/2021/02/13/zk0F2tPffyZ5ijiy_203627.jpg?x-image-process=style/lg-webp" alt="Graveyard comes to life with movies for ancestors" class="img-fluid w-100 showcaption-false" loading="lazy" />
        </picture></p>

<div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql rrkovp55 a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id" dir="auto">Phichit Samakkee Kusolsathan Songkror Foundation showed the movies at a Chinese graveyard on Friday as part of Chinese New Year celebrations when dead spirits are believed to return home – from heaven and hell – to receive offerings from their living relatives.</span></div>

<p>&nbsp;</p>

<div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql rrkovp55 a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id" dir="auto">The graveyard in Muang district is owned by the foundation. The event has been organised for over 50 years on the same occasion.</span></div>

<p>&nbsp;<picture>
            <source srcset="https://media.nationthailand.com/uploads/images/2021/02/13/KF9o39bujOQ78OeE_203607.jpg?x-image-process=style/md-webp" media="(max-width: 690px)" type="image/webp" />
            <img src="https://media.nationthailand.com/uploads/images/2021/02/13/KF9o39bujOQ78OeE_203607.jpg?x-image-process=style/lg-webp" alt="Graveyard comes to life with movies for ancestors" class="img-fluid w-100 showcaption-false" loading="lazy" />
        </picture></p>

<div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql rrkovp55 a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id" dir="auto">The movies showed this year included the Forbidden Kingdom (2008) and the Rundown (2003).</span></div>

<p>&nbsp;</p>

<div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql rrkovp55 a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id" dir="auto">Booncherd Kulkram, the outdoor movie organiser, said that he had been screening movies for the dead since he was very young and only an employee. He added that this activity was fading away from Thai local carnivals.</span></div>

<p>&nbsp;</p>


Graveyard comes to life with movies for ancestors

A foundation in Phichit province offered its annual treat to spirits on Chinese New Year -- by showing movies at an outdoor location for ancestors.