A traditional folk drama troupe performed a show to entertain ghosts without relatives in Chonburi.
The Phurin Sukhonta cast performed the “likae” musical drama Dec. 23 at the Trikunnatham Foundation Cemetery in Muang District. They performed a play called “Nam Khang Yod Diew” (One Dewdrop). Their audience was comprised of 5000 corpses in graves and five living people.
Mekhin Chomchuen, 65, head of the Mekhin Sukonta Likae troupe from Bang Prakong said he was paid 30,000 baht to do the show, but admitted it was the first he ever did for dead people.
The actor said he refused to perform the show at night because it would be too scary. As it was, he saw mysterious numbers – 673 – in the smoke from incense, so he felt he had to bet those numbers in the next government lottery.
Mekhin said he’d heard about the cemetery for a long time and that other musicians and actors had performed there, supposedly to soothe spirits. But he’d never done it himself.
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