The north-eastern Thailand has always been popular with tourists for its festivals. However, the festival is considered the most popular is the Surin Elephant Round Up, in the month of November.
The people of Surin for a long time for their skill in capturing and training wild elephants are known, and rounding up. In the past, wild elephants living in the woods near Cambodia. Unfortunately, because of the war in Cambodia, forests areinaccessible, and the elephant population has declined drastically. Now the hunters of elephants make their living by showing their elephants.
The Surin Elephant Round Up Festival is an event of talents and skills of an elephant. The first round was in 1960. The festival usually begins with a procession to participate in all the elephants. The serial number 120-150 and include elephant calves and adults.
Once the procession is over, the elephants startedtheir skills trunks, playing football and show Tug-of-war. The events are designed to demonstrate that elephants not only a powerful animal, but smart, polite and obedient. The festival concludes with a mock battle, which is an important part of the life of the elephant in the past days are used.
In the past used the Surin Elephant Round Up Festival which will be chaired by the king. Prayers, which are designed specifically for the ceremony and read the prayers included forTaming the elephant covered. Recently, this festival has become a major tourist attraction of Thailand, Surin said hub.
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