Wat Chaimongkron - King funerals

[Oukiva]

Wat Chaimongkron earlier this week, during preparations for the funeral

 

New night lighting

 

A new monument, probably waiting for a statue of the late king

 

same

 

Nice with the lights

 

 

Thousands of yellow plants have been brought in the wat

 

Works in progress for the platform where people will bow in front of the king picture

 

 

 

[Oukiva]

making human chain to manage all these plants

 

Full cleaning of South Road in front of the Wat

 

Serious cleaning!

 

Dance training on the stage near the back school

 

--- Today 26 October ---

 

People were queuing already from 7AM (or even earlier!)

 

and already many people by 8:30AM

 

09:30

 

 

 

Not yet 10AM, but sun is hot despite a cloudy sky

 

The aim of their long wait: facing the king for a last farewell

 

11AM

 

 

[Oukiva]

About noon, in front of my condo

 

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Tukcom

Friendship

 

South Road from Tukcom terrace

 

South Road from Tukcom terrace

 

Second Road not far from Royal Garden

 

16PM...

 

still a huge crowd, but no more sun

 

 

At about 5PM people started to sit and every body quickly did it

 

 

Now 8PM and the street is still fully black of people!

There are light, music and during the full day there was free drinks, food, cold towels distributed all along the queues by quantity of militaries, schoolchildren, scouts and quantity of volunteers. Many nurses and rescue people too, taking care of people getting hot during the day. Good organisation  but the process inside the Wat may be too slow for so many people