A bunch of boats were rowed down the river in Bangkok today. The king was sitting in one of them, wearing an eccentric hat.What was the point of this event? Vast sums of taxpayers' money were wasted on it, and the river was closed numerous times for rehearsals, causing extreme inconvenience to commuters and damaging the liveihoods of people who rely on the river for commerce.All so a man could be rowed down the river among a bunch of barges.