Recently in Chiang Mai there was a funeral for a monk that passed awya a year ago. The structure is about 30 feet high, 50 feet wide and the same in length. As in The tradition of budhism, the monk will be cremated.

This gives a good idea of the size of the structure that was built ovr the year since the monks death.

These are not "Lady Boys". They are part of the funeral.

There were many monks at the funeral, close to 100. This monk did the eulogy and prayers for the deceased monk. Many monks have tatooes but he seems to have an extrordinary amount on his exposed arm.

The elephant is a big part of Thai culture. They even named a beer Chang, which is Thai for elephant.

There were fireworks, as in all Thai celebrations, all around the structure, as the funeral progressed the fireworks did also.

They burned the entire structure to the ground.