The last 125 unidentified victims of the tsunami that struck Thailand two years ago are due to be buried.
Around 5,400 people died in Thailand, half of them foreign tourists. Another 3,000 are still reported missing.
The efforts to identify the remains of victims, often badly decomposed, has been described as the largest forensic operation in history.
The final bodies are those that the authorities were unable to identify through DNA testing or dental records.
Most are thought to be Asian, many perhaps illegal workers from Burma whose families would have been unable to come to Thailand to find them.
The corpses are being implanted with microchips and enclosed in aluminium coffins so they could be disinterred later if needed.
In many ways this ceremony draws a line under the traumatic experience of the tsunami, even here in Khao Lak, the hardest-hit region.
Bouncing back
It has taken much longer for the tourist industry here to bounce back than in the larger resort island of Phuket down the coast.
But hotels are now reporting sharp increases in visitors.
A few are back to pre-tsunami occupancy levels.
There are few visible signs of the damage wreaked by the massive waves.
A remarkable rebuilding effort, aided by thousands of foreign volunteers, has replaced most of the destroyed homes and fishing boats.
Some complain that there has been too much rebuilding.
There are now believed to be twice as many fishing boats as before.
But many of those who lost family members are still likely to continue to need some psychiatric counselling.
