Surin Elephant Round Up

The north-eastern Thailand has always been popular with tourists for its festivals. However, the festival, as the most popular, the Surin Elephant Round Up, the year in November.

The people of Surin for a long time for their skill in capturing and training wild elephants have been raids and famous. lived in the past, wild elephants in the forests near Cambodia. Unfortunately, because of the war in Cambodia, forests areinaccessible and the elephant population shrunk dramatically. Now the elephant hunters earn their living by performing shows with their elephants.

The Surin Elephant Round Up Festival is an event of talents and abilities of the elephant. The first lap 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 train has passed, the elephants startedto demonstrate their ability to record, play soccer and tug of war. The events are designed to show that the elephant is not only a strong animal, but intelligent, gentle and obedient. The festival includes the use of the past with a mock battle, which became an important part of life of the elephants' in those days.

In the past used the Surin Elephant Round Up Festival, which will be chaired by the king. Prayers, designed specially for the ceremony to read, and these were included prayers forThe domestication of elephants captured. In recent years this festival has become a major tourist attraction in Thailand, Surin said hub.