Word: howdahs
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Dates: during 1928-1928
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Before the funeral car advanced 200 heralds and standard bearers, caparisoned, magnificent. Squealing and rasping followed an immense native orchestra. Next came, lumbering and lurching, a score of royal elephants bearing jewel-studded howdahs. Shielded by the howdah curtains sat King Monivong and others of the blood royal whose stern stomachs easily withstood the motion. As the procession passed, both French and native troops lined the way, saluted the funeral car, and kept the multitude of mourners back...