Mourning ceremonies at official halls around country

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Mourning ceremonies at official halls around country

THE NATION

 

BANGKOK:-- WITH the country in mourning for the passing of His Majesty King Bhumibol, provincial administrators and residents wearing black and white gathered at city halls or district and municipal offices to take part in the ceremonial “bathing” of the portrait of His Majesty.

 

People showed up at city halls and district offices in provinces such as Chiang Mai in the North, Khon Kaen in the Northeast, the resort island of Phuket on the southern Andaman coast and Yala in the deep South, to bid farewell to the beloved monarch.

 

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