Buddhist monks at pagodas across Cambodia have been asked to chant and play traditional music to mark this week's coronation of new King Norodom Sihamoni, an official statement said on Monday.Three days of celebrations surrounding the coronation of the 51-year-old king, an ex-ballet dancer and cultural diplomat, will begin on Thursday, with a formal ceremony attended by top officials and ambassadors slated for Friday.King Sihamoni was appointed by a panel earlier this month, a week after the shock abdication of his father Norodom Sihanouk. The pair returned home from Beijing on Wednesday last week to a huge welcome in the capital.
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