Every year, at the 3rd weekend in November in a city called Surin an Elephant round up takes place. You read right, an Elephant round up. Hundreds of Elephants from Surin and neighboring villages come to Surin.
Elephants have been a central element in the Thai culture since very long time. This festival was celebrated the first time at 1960.
Still today, humans and elephants live together and also depend on each other. The person who takes care about an Elephant is called Mahout. In former times, as soon as a small boy was born, the father scouts around to neighboring villages to look for an elephant in about the same age as the boy. Once he found an Elephant, he bought the elephant. As soon as the boy old enough and also the Elephant baby is old enough to leave the mother, he is brought to the village of the boy and then the young boy has to take care of the Elephant. In daily life, as man and elephant depend on each other, the elephant is treated as part of the 'family'. The everyday life of the Thai elephant and its keeper is the central theme of the world-famous Surin elephant round-up held annually.
The mahout and the elephant spend their entire life together and get to become the very best of friends. The mahout tries to take his elephant with him wherever he goes and it is not unusual in Thailand to see an elephant and his mahout strolling through the streets of town when the mahout comes in to shop.
Every year, at the 3rd weekend in November in a city called Surin an Elephant round up takes place. You read right, an Elephant round up. Hundreds of Elephants from Surin and neighboring villages come to Surin.
Elephants have been a central element in the Thai culture since very long time. This festival was celebrated the first time at 1960.
Still today, humans and elephants live together and also depend on each other. The person who takes care about an Elephant is called Mahout. In former times, as soon as a small boy was born, the father scouts around to neighboring villages to look for an elephant in about the same age as the boy. Once he found an Elephant, he bought the elephant. As soon as the boy old enough and also the Elephant baby is old enough to leave the mother, he is brought to the village of the boy and then the young boy has to take care of the Elephant. In daily life, as man and elephant depend on each other, the elephant is treated as part of the 'family'. The everyday life of the Thai elephant and its keeper is the central theme of the world-famous Surin elephant round-up held annually.
The mahout and the elephant spend their entire life together and get to become the very best of friends. The mahout tries to take his elephant with him wherever he goes and it is not unusual in Thailand to see an elephant and his mahout strolling through the streets of town when the mahout comes in to shop.
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