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Elephant Village |
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Located in Ta Klang Village of Kra Pho sub-district. From the north of the city, go along Highway No. 214 (Surin-Roi Et) and turn left at the 36th kilometer to the Ta Klang Village. |
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The villagers are formerly Suay or Kui people who are skillful in rounding up, taming and feeding wild elephants. Most mahouts have to go to round up the elephants at the Cambodia border. Nowadays, although the rounding up decreased because of the political problem, the villagers still feed and tame the elephants for the annual show of the province. They feed elephants like being their friends and children, not like people in the north who feed elephants for working. Travelers who are interested in the elephant show, please contact in advance at Tel. 0-4451-2925, 0-1878-1221 or 0-1977-6304. |
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