Surin – Thai and foreign tourists in Surin Province fed more than 160 elephants, buffet-style, with tons of food that came in various kinds last week.
Surin Governor Praphassorn Malakarn ceremonially led a procession of elephants from the back of Surin Train Station through the heart of the city into the area of Phraya Surin Phakdi Si Narong Changwang Monument in Surin Province.
The governor was dressed as a warlord riding an elephant and the procession included more than 160 elephants in beautiful attire along with the world’s first pair of twin elephants.
The governor opened the elephants’ feast, which was held in gratitude for the elephants that traveled to perform in the elephant fair and the Red Cross fair the following day.
Besides recompensing the elephants, this annual practice in the city of elephants, is also to promote native artistic and cultural traditions and preserve elephant performances, the elephant being a symbolic animal of Thailand.
At this time of year, a large number of Thai and foreign tourists come to feed the elephants and ride them to tour the city. As for this year, although there were fewer elephants than last year, there was as much as 50 tons of food consisting of vegetables and fruits.
The buffet feast table was over 400 meters long, making it the longest and biggest elephant-feeding table in the world.
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