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STORY & PICTURES BY>> CHANAICHON SMITTHILEELA (POR-M.5/350)

05:12- 21:17

"Rain pouring down Monks people coming to pay their respects. He
Tears running off. One of the most outstanding identities of our offered the King’s photograph to people who
did not have.
country is Buddhism. Other than the mass of
Only one last visit people wearing black, the monks also played
their roles in Sanam Luang. They came out The trumpet sound from Wiset Chaisri
to His Majesty. to receive food from people, in Thai called Gate
Bindabart. It was a kind of endowment for
I went for some survey in front of the Wiset
Today nothing the Buddhists. Most people did that at Sanam Chaisri Gate, where people would flock
Luang, predominantly, to present as an act of
into the Grand Palace to pay their respects,
can stop me" charity to the late King. On the other side, I and saw a group of people sitting on the
saw a monk walking around the queue of
footpath. I wondered what were they doing
05:12
The clock on my phone showed the
number 05:12 when I was reaching
Sanam Luang, the place of performing
royal ceremonies, in a few hundred
meters. Sparse people were going to
the same destination. As I arrived to the
place, I was amazed by the amount of
Thai people waiting in line to pay their
respects to the body of the late King
Bhumibol Adulyadej, who was called the
father of nation. Soon, the sun lighted
the sky up with its orange rays. A big
group of road cleaners started their
work; they were working in harmony
and smiling at the camera affably. It was
a small impressive scene in the grieving
atmosphere.
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