Mourners across the nation engage in merit-making for monarch

MOURNING PERIOD

Mourners across the nation engage in merit-making for monarch

The Nation 

BANGKOK: -- MOURNERS nationwide, clad mostly in black, continued mourning the passing of His Majesty the King yesterday, with many making merit for him through traditional alms-giving and wax sculptures of angel palaces as the occasion also marked the end of the Buddhist Lent.

Despite heavy rain, mourners in Bangkok lined up in a long queue from early yesterday morning in front of a portrait of the King at the Grand Palace. Many people travelled to the capital from upcountry, having camped at nearby Sanam Luang since Saturday night.

In northeastern provinces, mourners gave alms to monks while in some areas, where the traditional practice of sculpting angel palaces from wax

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