Thailand rehearses lavish $90 million funeral for late king


  • World
  • Saturday, 21 Oct 2017

A portrait of the late King Bhumibol Adulyadej is see on the building of the Bangkok Art and Culture Centre in Bangkok, Thailand, October 6, 2017. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Drums and a band played as officials in black tops and ancient costumes rehearsed on Saturday for the funeral procession of Thailand's late King Bhumibol Adulyadej, whose cremation next week is expected to be attended by a quarter of a million mourners.

Some held a mock-up of a golden urn that had held the remains of dead kings in the past. In the present, the king's body is placed in a coffin but the urn is still used to represent the monarch's remains.

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