Article 3QWX5 'A ticket to the next life': the lavish Buddhist dog funerals of Bangkok

'A ticket to the next life': the lavish Buddhist dog funerals of Bangkok

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Hannah Ellis-Petersen in Bangkok
from World news | The Guardian on (#3QWX5)

Full funeral rites from the monks of Bangkok's Wat Krathum Suea Pla temple used to be for humans only - until a new and lucrative market emerged

Fou Fou always liked the good things in life. The pomeranian puppy had "a heart of gold" and a taste for expensive grilled pork. Varunthip Manthin loved the tiny dog as much as any of her sons.

When she discovered him dead in the road having been hit by a motorbike, she was inconsolable. Despite her grief Manthin knew one thing: she would give him a funeral worthy of her own child.

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