CREMATION OF PRA ARTIKANDA ANUJARO in 2016


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The Prasat–nok Hatsadiling with the body of the deceased inside
is pulled through the streets to the cremation site


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Moving on people power


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Master of Ceremonies from start to finish


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Lifting the power lines out of the way


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The man with his hand on the rudder
guides the head of an elephant on the body of a bird


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One of the monks officiating


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Lay supporters of Wat Saimoolmuang seeking merit
Cloth presented to the monks in the Bangsukun ritual


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The esteemed monk who died
Pra Artikanda Anujaro of Wat Saimoolmuang

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Final spot reached


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Lanna "highso" gathering flowers they never grew


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Flowers for the pyre


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Spilling over


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Buddhist cosmology


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The laiety


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Getting ther before the fire starts


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Master of Cermonies checks the fire starting charges


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Fuel for the fire


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Time to get out


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Prefabricated sections are piled up
Interior is decorated


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Fire engine as crane
Crown to be lifted into place


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Awning lifted into place
His final duty


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Pra Artikanda Anujaro of Wat Saimoolmuang
His body is in the structure behind.


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The "Prasat-nok Hatsadiling" is complete


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Formally accepting the offering of cloth


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Accepting the cloth, anonymously


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The monks he lived with say farewell informally


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A manequin sliding down on a cable
lights the fireworks


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It starts as fireworks


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Across the site


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Flares in the air


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Decorative fireworks give way to a raging fire


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.... later on


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No trace of the man's body is left


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Pieces of the canopy from above the pyre
are valued as relics