Thailand's Elephant DayA boy gives corn to an elephant during Thailand's National Elephant Day in the ancient Thai capital Ayutthaya, 50 miles north of Bangkok, March 13, 2008. Thais honour the elephant with special fruit and Buddhist ceremonies across the country to pay homage to their national animal.
After years entertaining tourists with football matches and orchestral performances, four Thai elephants are to have a break and get married.
As St. Valentine's Day falls during the annual mating period for Thai elephants, the head of a provincial elephant club has decided to hold a wedding for two elephant couples at his camp.
"Now it is mating season and I think we should organize a wedding for them on Valentine's Day, so they can live well and produce well," said Sompast Meepan, head of the Ayutthaya Elephant Club.
The wedding, Sompast said, would feature a traditional welcoming ceremony for productive male elephants, which are hired to mate with female elephants at the club's stables.
"Copulation will take place right after the wedding in an screened outdoor area," he said.
Elephants in Thailand, which in the past were usually trained for the logging business, are now taught to perform entertainment shows for tourists.
Now improve of elephant in Ayutthaya they can be draw picture by use equipment looklike human. They use trunk and grab it.
After years entertaining tourists with football matches and orchestral performances, four Thai elephants are to have a break and get married.
As St. Valentine's Day falls during the annual mating period for Thai elephants, the head of a provincial elephant club has decided to hold a wedding for two elephant couples at his camp.
"Now it is mating season and I think we should organize a wedding for them on Valentine's Day, so they can live well and produce well," said Sompast Meepan, head of the Ayutthaya Elephant Club.
The wedding, Sompast said, would feature a traditional welcoming ceremony for productive male elephants, which are hired to mate with female elephants at the club's stables.
"Copulation will take place right after the wedding in an screened outdoor area," he said.
Elephants in Thailand, which in the past were usually trained for the logging business, are now taught to perform entertainment shows for tourists.
Now improve of elephant in Ayutthaya they can be draw picture by use equipment looklike human. They use trunk and grab it.
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