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Thousands attend Buddhist monk Thich Nhat Hanh’s funeral

Buddhist monks pray with torches during the cremation for Vietnamese monk Thich Nhat Hanh in Hue province on Saturday [Nhac Nguyen/AFP]

A funeral was held on Saturday for the Vietnamese Buddhist monk Thich Nhat Hanh, a week after the renowned Zen master died at the age of 95 in Hue in central Vietnam.

Thousands of monks and disciples trailed a procession of pallbearers carrying Nhat Hanh’s coffin from Tu Hieu Pagoda, where he spent his last days, to the cremation site.

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