“We consider the fire used on the Royal Pyre sacred, something impossible to be put out by just the air or water,” said Boonchai Thongcharoenbua-ngarm, who works for the Royal Household Bureau. At about 4am yesterday, flowers that were not burned during the Cremation were moved out of the Royal Pyre and placed on golden trays for the ceremonial floating on the river. Royal artisans boarded a boat that headed along the Chao Phraya and then released the flowers into the mouth of the Bangkok Yai Canal. “With the Fire from Heaven, the Royal Cremation has already ended. Boonchai said at the end of the ceremony that the artisans’ mission in relation to the preparation of fresh materials for the Royal Cremation Ceremony was now complete.

Source: The Nation Bangkok October 27, 2017 18:09 UTC