Word: chiengmai
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Dates: during 1926-1926
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White Elephant. From the tar north city of Chiengmai glad news sped that there had been born that rare marvel, a true white elephant, all pinkly pristine and signifying that the gods view with favor the ascension of pert brown-eyed King Pracha Tipok (TIME, March...
...Chiengmai stately priests flung garlands upon the baby elephant, poured lustral water on its quivering trunk and performed the complicated mystic rite of "Tarn Kwan." From Bangkok experts set out to confirm that the elephant was indeed a "true white" and therefore sacred. Siamese offered prayers of thanksgiving...
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