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A young man has followed through with a promise to his young love to marry her after her death, tying the knot in a wedding ceremony held at a Buri Ram temple.

Panupong “Orm” Thuansamrit, 19, married his love of three years, Kanyarat “Kip” Chantop, 16, at Wat Khok Hua Chang temple in Buri Ram’s Muang district on Nov 6. His bride, who died of a blood infection two days earlier, after being admitted to hospital in Chon Buri last October, was lying in her casket as she and Panupong tied the knot.

In sad scenes shared on social media, family members observed the rituals involved in a traditional wedding, including the sai sin ceremony in which sacred strings are tied around the couple’s wrists to bind them together.

Media reports say they also held the khan mak ceremony…