Post by Jaga on Oct 27, 2017 4:13:21 GMT -7
When I read about this elaborate Buddist's funeral of a king who died a year earlier, I felt a bit uneasy,
Too much ceremony and too little spirituality, and we talk about the Buddism:
www.cnn.com/2017/10/26/asia/thailand-king-bhumibol-adulyadej-cremation/index.html
Thailand's royal cremation ceremony caps year of mourning
A sea of black-clad mourners in Bangkok said a final goodbye to their beloved monarch during a funeral that climaxed with the late king's son and successor lighting a pyre built to resemble the sacred center of the Hindu universe.
Massive crowds gathered in the Thai capital on Thursday to observe the pomp and circumstance on day two of the country's elaborate five-day funeral for King Bhumibol Adulyadej, who ruled the country for 70 years.
Smoke rises from the main pavilion of the cremation site where the body of late Thai King Bhumibol Adelyadej was being cremated late on October 26, 2017 in Bangkok.
Smoke rises from the main pavilion of the cremation site where the body of late Thai King Bhumibol Adelyadej was being cremated late on October 26, 2017 in Bangkok.
The King's body was transported in a procession from the Grand Palace, where it was lying in state, to Sanam Luang, the site of the royal crematorium, which was built for the occasion. The cremation of the late monarch took place in private with family members attending, according to Lt. Gen. Sansern Kaewkumnerd, a government spokesman.
Mourners dressed in dark colors stood in stark contrast to the gold symbolic urn that was transported alongside soldiers dressed in red and white. Some stood in long lines to lay ceremonial sandalwood flowers that were later burned in a ceremony at the time of the king's cremation.
The ceremony for the man who was once the world's longest reigning monarch began late Wednesday, just over one year since he died at age 88 on October 13, 2016.
Also known as Rama IX -- a reference to his lineage stretching from Rama I, the founder of the Chakri dynasty -- the King commanded great love and respect in Thailand.
Too much ceremony and too little spirituality, and we talk about the Buddism:
www.cnn.com/2017/10/26/asia/thailand-king-bhumibol-adulyadej-cremation/index.html
Thailand's royal cremation ceremony caps year of mourning
A sea of black-clad mourners in Bangkok said a final goodbye to their beloved monarch during a funeral that climaxed with the late king's son and successor lighting a pyre built to resemble the sacred center of the Hindu universe.
Massive crowds gathered in the Thai capital on Thursday to observe the pomp and circumstance on day two of the country's elaborate five-day funeral for King Bhumibol Adulyadej, who ruled the country for 70 years.
Smoke rises from the main pavilion of the cremation site where the body of late Thai King Bhumibol Adelyadej was being cremated late on October 26, 2017 in Bangkok.
Smoke rises from the main pavilion of the cremation site where the body of late Thai King Bhumibol Adelyadej was being cremated late on October 26, 2017 in Bangkok.
The King's body was transported in a procession from the Grand Palace, where it was lying in state, to Sanam Luang, the site of the royal crematorium, which was built for the occasion. The cremation of the late monarch took place in private with family members attending, according to Lt. Gen. Sansern Kaewkumnerd, a government spokesman.
Mourners dressed in dark colors stood in stark contrast to the gold symbolic urn that was transported alongside soldiers dressed in red and white. Some stood in long lines to lay ceremonial sandalwood flowers that were later burned in a ceremony at the time of the king's cremation.
The ceremony for the man who was once the world's longest reigning monarch began late Wednesday, just over one year since he died at age 88 on October 13, 2016.
Also known as Rama IX -- a reference to his lineage stretching from Rama I, the founder of the Chakri dynasty -- the King commanded great love and respect in Thailand.