Yes, a year's mourning prior to cremation is traditional, apparently. One assumes they would previously have embalmed the body.
I'm rather looking forward to seeing the new king's antics. He really is quite a character.
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cremating him? That's bloody weird. What did they used to do before refrigeration?
https://www.theguardian.com/world/20...-of-the-nation
Yes, a year's mourning prior to cremation is traditional, apparently. One assumes they would previously have embalmed the body.
I'm rather looking forward to seeing the new king's antics. He really is quite a character.
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That's only because they know he isn't going to be anywhere near as popular as his father, and as the monarchy is the unifying factor which stops Thailand descending into absolute chaos, they can't afford to allow any groundswell of criticism to begin to take hold or gather momentum. It's irrelevant really as it's always been the case that any disrespect towards the royal family would land you in deep, deep doodoo. When I fiurst started going in the early 90s there was a story going around, possibly apocryphal but certainly feasible, that a Nigerian tourist had been arrested for stepping on a run away bank note and thereby applying his foot to a portrait of the King, and that since Nigeria had no competent legal consular facilities, he had spent several mnths in jail.
Yes. The banner that greeted you at the old Don Muang airport which spelt out, in letters 10 feet high, 'The Penalty For Drugs Is Death' rather focussed the mind. On the other hand, there really are very few rules - or very few that are enforced, anyway. It must be about the most free and laid back society one can imagine.
"Plenty of strikers can score goals," he said, gesturing to the famous old stands casting shadows around us.
"But a lot have found it difficult wearing the number 9 shirt for The Arsenal."