In Thai graveyard, lights flicker as dead join the living for movie night


BANGKOK (The Nation/Asia News Network): Phitsanulok province is resurrecting its spooky tradition of screening movies for the ghosts of ancestors during the Ching Ming Festival.

Ching Ming, also known as Tomb-Sweeping Day, falls on the 15th day after the Spring Equinox – or Wednesday (April 5) this year.

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