We shopped in the nearly closed market, visited the Barefoot shop which has lovely heavy woven home furnishings, also went to Paradise Rd. boutique. On the way there, we passed a park and our tuktuk driver said "there are fifty elephants there". We saw them and it looked almost as if they were working as there was some construction going on there. After Paradise Rd. we decided to go the park and see if the elephants were still -YES they were. Evidently that had been at the park all day,waiting to get dressed up for the Poya parade. I was more than a little sad for them, with chains on their ankles and hanging from their necks. I don't know where they are usually kept, but I think they go through this every month.
Elephants, undressed and getting dressed and dressed!! How do you dress an elephant? Well, you have to have the right clothes! The elephant also has to have a bath first! An then some choose to take their food with them!
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