Tuesday, November 04, 2008

Elephants at Work #3


elephant-3, originally uploaded by bucklesw1.

An Underwood & Underwood view dated 1902: "Two veteran Temple Elephants used to carry "Buddha's Tooth" and the sacred relics, in religious processions, Ceylon."

Posted by Buckles at 11/04/2008 06:24:00 AM

1 comments:

Anonymous said...

Here is the clip for a bringing of a sacred relic (Buddha's tooth) through the streets by the temple elephants. It's gotten quite elaborate for tourists and pilgrims.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aCiHF2QJHDM

Does or did the caste system apply to elephants? Work and/or temple?

07 November, 2008 03:32

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