AYUTTHAYA, May 7 (TNA) – Eleven elephants with beautiful tusks from Ayutthaya on Tuesday paraded outside the Grand Parade in honour of the coronation of His Majesty the King.
The pachyderms in beautiful uniforms paraded at about 9am from the Territorial Defense Command on Sanam Chai road to the location in front of the Temple of the Emerald Buddha.
Plai Siam, the male elephant carried the royal emblem, leading ten other elephants to march in the procession along with the rhythm of the drum.
The elephants and marchers stopped and knelt down to pay their respects to the royal portrait and representatives of elephant handlers sang the royal anthem to express loyalty to His Majesty the King.
The Ayutthaya Elephant Palace and Royal Kraal and elephants keepers nationwide transported 11 elephants by truck from Ayutthaya province at 2am. The trip took about two hours.
When they arrived at the Territorial Defense Command, the elephants were dressed up and a ceremony was performed by elephant keepers before the beginning of the paraded this morning. (TNA)
