Haunting aspect to Thailand’s other-worldly charm

Superstitious beliefs: Fortune tellers using tarot cards to predict the future of two women at a Buddhist temple in Bangkok sheltering a shrine dedicated to the famous ghost ‘Nak’. — AFP

BANGKOK: From exorcism ceremonies to spirit houses and amulets claiming to make wearers bullet-proof, Thailand is a culture soaked in superstition – an obsession critics say is holding the nation back.

On a popular episode of Humans defy Ghosts – a weekly Thai TV programme that delves into the supernatural – a two-year-old girl who survived three days next to the dead body of her mother was asked a series of questions by one of the show’s panellists.