Elephants in Ayutthaya rehearse for Grand Palace tribute parade

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Elephants in Ayutthaya rehearse for Grand Palace tribute parade

By SAMRIT JEAMJARUANPORNKUL 
THE SUNDAY NATION

 

Ten elephants from the Royal Elephant Kraal Village in Ayutthaya, selected for their beautiful tusks, take part in a rehearsal for a parade at the Grand Palace on Tuesday in honour of HM King Bhumibol Adulyadej.

 

Ten elephants were brought to a full dress rehearsal at the Royal Elephant Kraal Village in Ayutthaya province yesterday ahead of their participation in mourning for the late King Bhumibol at the Grand Palace in Bangkok on Tuesday.

 

Laithongrien Meepan, president of the Prakochabaan Foundation elephant protection organisation, said that the 10 animals – which were selected for their beautiful characteristics including long tusks – would be joined by their mahouts and foundation staff in paying respects to the late monarch.

 

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[Somtamnication]

Speechless. 

[doremifasol]

Majestic creatures fit for a King ....

 

Would love to be there and witness the parade in person,

to smell, hear and feel this great  historic moment.

 

 

[fruitman]

10 elephants isn't much, in the Nong Nooch elephantshow you'll see 15-20 at the same time doing tricks/moves.

 

But are these the famous white elephants? All white elephants in Thailand were offered to the King for decades. I believe they have many more of them.

 

 

[Happy Grumpy]

9 minutes ago, fruitman said:

But are these the famous white elephants?

 

Did you look at the picture? 

[fruitman]

15 minutes ago, Happy Grumpy said:

 

Did you look at the picture? 

 

Yes i did, now answer my question please! 

[ratcatcher]

10 minutes ago, fruitman said:

 

Yes i did, now answer my question please! 

Perhaps there are one or two among the ten but I don't think there are 10 "white elephants" in Thailand.

[fruitman]

1 hour ago, ratcatcher said:

Perhaps there are one or two among the ten but I don't think there are 10 "white elephants" in Thailand.

 For a very long time, it was a law that when a white elephant was found and a tradition that when an elephant with good build was found, it was to be presented as property to the King of Thailand. Thai’s sacred and royal symbol was the white elephant (Chang Pueak or Chang Samkan). They are not albinos but are genetically different. White elephants are not white, they are a dusky pinkish grey. Phra Savet Adulyadej Pahon is a white elephant that belongs to Thailand’s King Bhumibol Adulyadej.

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elephants_in_Thailand

 

Yes there are 10 Royal White elephants.

http://www.thailandelephant.org/en/royalstable.html

[Wilsonandson]

[monkey4u]

So white elephants are a dusky pink in colour

There was me thinking I had a problem        

[nausea]

7 hours ago, doremifasol said:

Majestic creatures fit for a King ....

 

Would love to be there and witness the parade in person,

to smell, hear and feel this great  historic moment.

 

 

Yeah, I agree. The lady and I will be making the effort. I love these pomp and pageantry ceremonies, and it's something the Thais do really well - I'll never forget the Royal Barge Procession in 2006. This one's very early though, 9 am.

[fruitman]

The Thai Elephant Conservation Center is proud to hold the sacred trust of housing and caring for all ten of His Majesty King Bhumibol's ten white elephants. All six males are kept at the TECC, and four females are kept in Sakol Nakorn province. (White elephants are not allowed to breed, and thus nearly all are wild caught.

 

So the males and females have been kept apart for long time. That might give some spectacular movements during the parade. 

[bkkplayground]

Chang Pueak (translate in English as White Elephant)  for Royal symbol is not just an elephant with white skin but it was 7 different colors like yellow, white, red, green, black, purple and white color same as the cloud. The elephant must have white tail,  white eyes, yellow or black or white or red nails, sexual organ in white or other color but not in back color, white oil grand, white pore, skin around ivory, chin and palate in white color (chin and palate must be the same color) and with other type of a must have that I can't remember. When elephant sleep, elephant snore must sound's like horns. 

 

Without those above, we call Chang Pueak (means normal white skin elephant) but not the same as Chang Pueak that is the Royal symbol of Thai Royal family. 

 

Picture below is King Bhumibol Adulyadej's first Chang Pueak. Photo taken at Klai Kangwon palace in Hau Hin

[jobin]

Now there is a job: checking the elephant's sexual organ for correct colour.  

 

And i find it rather odd that a certain poster has so much information about the King's elephants, can translate Thai script and offers an historic photo of a very handsome elephant, all on his FIRST post.