Travels in the Far East
Travels in the Far East
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But the greatest occasion of the year is the King's birthday, September 20th, the three fol- 196 TRAVELS IN THE FAR EAST lowing days being included in the festival. Everywhere the city is a blaze of red and white bunting, and at night it is brilliant with myriad lights, presenting a fairy like scene. About this time the Foreign Office gives its annual ball, a brilliant occasion for which invitations are in great demand.
Siamese ceremonies are quite as peculiar as their feasts. The habit of cutt...ing the long tuft of hair, which is left on children's heads until they have attained their growth, is very striking, and at the royal palace very elaborate prep- arations are made, which include religious ceremonies and the use of a golden jewelled instrument resembling shears.
In Siam cremation is the general way of dis- posing of the dead. Among the wealthy classes the body is embalmed and kept sometimes three years before the ceremony, which is conducted with great pomp and on a very expensive plan, gifts being distributed among all the attendant friends and sums of money given to the priests and to the poor.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
But the greatest occasion of the year is the King's birthday, September 20th, the three fol- 196 TRAVELS IN THE FAR EAST lowing days being included in the festival. Everywhere the city is a blaze of red and white bunting, and at night it is brilliant with myriad lights, presenting a fairy like scene. About this time the Foreign Office gives its annual ball, a brilliant occasion for which invitations are in great demand.
Siamese ceremonies are quite as peculiar as their feasts. The habit of cutt...ing the long tuft of hair, which is left on children's heads until they have attained their growth, is very striking, and at the royal palace very elaborate prep- arations are made, which include religious ceremonies and the use of a golden jewelled instrument resembling shears.
In Siam cremation is the general way of dis- posing of the dead. Among the wealthy classes the body is embalmed and kept sometimes three years before the ceremony, which is conducted with great pomp and on a very expensive plan, gifts being distributed among all the attendant friends and sums of money given to the priests and to the poor.
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You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by Mrs Ellen Mary Hayes Peck to read onlineMoreLess
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