The later parts of this footage are probably from the cremation day. You can see the large urn with the king’s body being transferred from the grounds of the Royal Palace. It was gold exterior encasing a silver urn that contained the king's body.
* Funeral of Late Thai King May Not Be for Tourists; Here’s How to Pay Respects—South China Morning Post
Estimates that one million people might gather here during the period are probably conservative, says Tongthong Chandransu, a law professor and expert on Thai royal funeral ceremonies. “After all, 500,000 people showed up last year on October 14 to observe when the king’s body was transferred across the river from Siriraj Hospital to the Grand Palace,” he says.
* Norodom Sihanouk’s wonderful, horrible life—New Mandala
The way he crushed the 1967 Samlaut Rebellion—torching villages, the summary executions, severed heads as trophies–was straight out of the French rulebook, particularly the Nghe-Tinh Rebellion chapter. Though the survivor memoirs usually depict the Sihanouk and Lon Nol periods as an idyllic time, “paradise” even ...
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