Its 7am in singapore, midnight in london and 6am in bangkok, where hundreds of thousands of mourners have converged on the city many camping on the streets to bid farewell to thailands revered King Bhumibol adulyadej. A funeral procession is about to begin and the cremation will take place at the end of the day, as part of a five day buddhist funeral ceremony. Elaborate preparations including the construction of a vast cremation complex have taken almost a year. Many mourners have spoken of their determination to be there, to pay their final respects. Translation its difficult to put into words but i want to be here. Its overwhelming. I have been uber two days already and want to see our father to heaven. I slept in the rain last night. I stayed put even though it was raining. Even though there are a lot of people here and we cannot get inside to see the procession we are willing to be here, near his majesty, as close as possible. We will stay until the cremation ceremony takes place a
A funeral procession is about to begin and the cremation will take place at the end of the day, as part of a five day buddhist funeral ceremony. These are live pictures from central bangkok. Elaborate preparations including the construction of a vast cremation complex have taken almost a year. Hundreds of thousands of people are gathering ready for royal cremation day. They want to pay their last respects to their revered King Bhumibol adulyadej. So lets take a look at the late kings finaljourney, as his people prepare to honour him. A total of six processions are involved in the funeral in bangkok. The first three take place on thursday, starting at the Dusit Maha Prasat throne hall inside the grand palace. From there the royal urn will be carried on a large palanquin with three poles, travelling around the grand palace to the Wat Pho Temple complex. There, the urn will be transferred to the royal chariot of great victory, which was built during the reign of king rama in the 17905 and
To bid farewell to thailands revered King Bhumibol adulyadej. A funeral procession has begun and the cremation will take place at the end of the day, as part of a five day buddhist funeral ceremony. Elaborate preparations, including the construction of a vast cremation complex, have taken almost a year. This is the scene live now in bangkok where hundreds of thousands of people are gathering ready for royal cremation day. Many enduring the Tropical Heat during the day, torrential rain at night as they camped out, waiting to get their place and notjust in bangkok but in other parts of thailand as well but bangkok is going to be the focus for the coming days as people try to get a sight of some of those processions, this elaborate 5 day ceremony that has been rehearsed meticulously. An estimated cost of 90 million. It will blend thailands which culture and history for as they say a final farewell to King Bhumibol. Let us ta ke farewell to King Bhumibol. Let us take a look at the late kin