Ritual for the dead brings emotional closure

Religious rites: Volunteers carrying bags containing the bones of unclaimed bodies to place them inside a funeral pyre for cremation at the Sawang Pornkuson Foundation Cemetery in Rayong province. — Reuters

When two-month-old Bibeam died in November 2023, the temples in her district would not cremate her, considering her too young for such a ceremony.

Instead she was buried without any religious rites in a cemetery in Rayong, about two hours southeast of the Thai capital Bangkok and one hour from her family’s home.