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Cambodia's beloved former monarch Norodom Sihanouk, who died aged 89 last month, will be cremated on February 4 following an elaborate ceremony, Prime Minister Hun Sen said Monday.
The cremation will be preceded by a procession on February 1 that will see Sihanouk's coffin carried from the royal palace in Phnom Penh to a funeral pyre in a nearby park, the premier said in a speech on national radio.
"It will be a big ceremony," Hun Sen said.
More than a million mourners are expected to line the streets for the lavish procession, which will be broadcast live on television, government spokesman Khieu Kanharith told AFP.
"After the procession, the body will stay at the (cremation) site for three days to give people a chance to pay their respects," he said.
A tall cremation pyre is already under construction near the royal residence.
Sihanouk, who abdicated in 2004 after steering Cambodia through six decades marked by independence from France, civil war, the murderous Khmer Rouge regime and finally peace, died of a heart attack in Beijing on October 15.
The death of the popular royal, who is currently lying in state at the palace, plunged his nation into deep mourning. Hundreds of thousands filled the capital's boulevards when his body returned home from China last month.
Out of respect for the late monarch, the government has cancelled this week's Water Festival celebrations, an annual event that usually draws millions of visitors to the capital to enjoy dragon boat racing, fireworks and concerts.
"It's not appropriate when the royal body lies inside the royal palace for us to laugh happily outside the palace," Hun Sen said.
4 comments:
Update from hell:
Sihanouk went straight to hell when he left this world.
He has requested Yunphubal to take Hun Sen to hell too.
Yumphubal accepted Sihanouk's request and will take Hun Sen to hell in 2013.
Ah evil Ho Chi Minh is still in coma after Sihanouk hit him in the groin.
Ah Lob Pi Anh is Ah Ho Chi Minh's caretaker. His main job is cleaning Ah Ho's asshole with his tongue.
People workship the traitor of their country? We, Khmers, become youn slave because of him and we still don't get it. Very unfortunate that we are that dump.
SAVE YOUR TEAR ORH KHMERS LOVE YOUR SWEET TALKER (NORODOM)WHO IS DEATH LEFT A LOT OF MISTERIES FOR CAMBODIANS PLEASE LEARN HOW TO RESPECT THE LAW NOT MAN-KIND WHO IS SWEET BUT DARKNESS IS IN THE HART.WE LOST THE LANDS BECAUSE OF THE KING (NORODOM)WHO HAVE HELP VIETCONG(YUON=VIETNAM).NORODOM(KING)WHO HAD BEEN HATE (AHKANG=AMERICAN)FREEDOM USA THE REASONS THAT UNITED STATE OF AMERICA DON'T LET TEENAGERS RUN THE COUNTRY BECAUSE TEENAGER KING OF CAMBODIA IN 1940 16,17 YEARS OLD IS A SIN KING OK
DAM KING HAD BEEN ALWAYS GO TO COMMUNIST(MOA=CHINA),NORODOM WAS BORN FROM A SMART DEVIL THAT IS WHY HE CAN NOT FIND FREEDOM FOR CAMBODIANS.PLEASE RESPECT THE RULE OF LAW STOP LOOKING UP TO ONE MAN LIKE HUN SEN=HUN NALL WHO IS GOOD EYE FOR HIS SIN ALL OF CPP WORKERS ARE SCARE OF ONE MAN(HITLAR=GERMANY, KWANG MUOYKAK=HUNSEN) EASANEE
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