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As a Nation Mourns: Funeral Ceremony of Former King Norodom Sihanouk
From February 1 until February 4 hundreds of thousands of
people from all over Cambodia flocked to the capital Phnom Penh
to join the four day funeral ceremonies for the king-father Norodom
Sihanouk. Sihanouk, who died on October 15, was one of
the most influential and controversial men in Cambodia’s recent
history. To many Cambodians he was the ‘father of Cambodia’, a
title he deserved in the 1950s and 1960s when he lead Cambodia
to independence from the French colonial rulers and later on, as
head of the state, brought wealth to the
Southeast-Asian nation.
Sihanouk was also known as a survivor and a chameleon. In
1941, at the age of 19, he became the king of Cambodia, but
in 1955 he resigned to become Cambodia’s first prime-minister
since independence.
His power grew in the 1960s when he became head of state.
After a by the US supported coup he fled the country in 1970, to
return when the Khmer Rouge, the murderous regime of Pol Pot,
took control over Cambodia. From 1975 until 1976 he served as a
puppet head of state for the Khmer Rouge. After the Vietnamese
invaded Cambodia in the late 1970s, Sihanouk fled his country
again. More than one decade later, in 1991, he returned to
Cambodia. In 1993 he was restored as a king. Due to health
problems he passed the crown on to one of his sons, Norodom
Sihamoni, in 2004.
After his resignation as a king, Sihanouk was given the honoring
title of ‘king-father’. Even though he mostly lived in Beijing during
his final years, many Cambodians loved and respected him
until he died, on October 15 at the age of 89. A few days after
his death the king-father returned to the Royal Palace in Phnom
Penh where, according to Cambodian traditions, his body was
embalmed and kept for three months. Following the traditions, his
body was cremated on February 4. 35 images.
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Charles Fox is a British born photographer currently living in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, he has a degree in Photojournalism from the London College of Communications and is represented by Getty Global Assignments.