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Thailand’s crawling queen and coronation rites from around the world
On May 6, a coronation ceremony was held in the UK, for the first in 70 years. There are as many as 43 sovereign states that put a monarch as head of state. Though most of them are symbolic, absolute monarchs remain in Muslim countries like Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, and Brunei. And each monarch has its unique coronation traditions. For example, while the King of the UK is anointed with holy oil, the King of Thailand pours sacred water over himself. As for the coronation chair, the UK still uses a 700-year-old wooden chair. In Japan, whose imperial family was founded in 660 BCE, uses purple curtains to conceal and unveil the emperor and empress. The Zulu King, one of the eight monarchs in South Africa, wears very special clothing during the coronation, the hide of a lion that was hunted. As for the crown, the King of the UK puts on a heavy golden crown that weighs a kilo while in the Kingdom of Lesotho, a landlocked country in South Africa, a calfskin headband and feather are put on the new king’s head.
Enjoy reading the article and learning about the coronation specials of different monarchies.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-65258353
Thailand’s crawling queen and coronation rites from around the world
On May 6, a coronation ceremony was held in the UK, for the first in 70 years. There are as many as 43 sovereign states that put a monarch as head of state. Though most of them are symbolic, absolute monarchs remain in Muslim countries like Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, and Brunei. And each monarch has its unique coronation traditions. For example, while the King of the UK is anointed with holy oil, the King of Thailand pours sacred water over himself. As for the coronation chair, the UK still uses a 700-year-old wooden chair. In Japan, whose imperial family was founded in 660 BCE, uses purple curtains to conceal and unveil the emperor and empress. The Zulu King, one of the eight monarchs in South Africa, wears very special clothing during the coronation, the hide of a lion that was hunted. As for the crown, the King of the UK puts on a heavy golden crown that weighs a kilo while in the Kingdom of Lesotho, a landlocked country in South Africa, a calfskin headband and feather are put on the new king’s head.
Enjoy reading the article and learning about the coronation specials of different monarchies.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-65258353
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