Pichit locals held a solemn funeral for their dead street lamps Tuesday, 100 days after they died during which officials have done nothing to fix.
Bangmulnak district residents invited a monk to preside over a proper Buddhist funeral along their main road months after it went dark because utility contractors digging underground accidentally knocked out the power cables, leaving them in darkness.
“100th Day Anniversary Ceremony: Let all dedicate merits to the eight lamps which stopped working (dead),” read the sign.
With gatherings of five or more people and all forms of public protest technically banned under martial law Article 44, Tuesday’s gathering was a creative form of community expression.
And it worked: After the funeral, officials yesterday immediately sent officers to fix the lamps, and now they’re as good as new.
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