July 15 is an auspicious day in Brunei. The streets and buildings of Bandar Seri Begawan are lavishly decorated in yellow, black and red with pictures of Hassanal Bolkiah, the sultan of Brunei, at every turn. Officials dressed in traditional attire await the motorcade carrying the royal family for the grand parade around the central stadium in Sultan Omar Ali Saifuddin square. It's the king's 66th birthday, and everyone in this small, wealthy country is out to celebrate.

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By D J Clark

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D J Clark has worked worldwide as a multimedia journalist for more than 20 years. As well as working for China Daily he runs an MA course in Multimedia journalism at Beijing Foreign Studies University and is the Director of Visual Journalism at the Asia Center for Journalism in Manila, Philippines.