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...tens, then in hundreds - came to the Minneriya Tank (one of Sri Lanka's major reservoirs) to drink, bathe and play. There are plenty of tame and tethered elephants in Sri Lanka - just the previous night in Kandy , we had seen 80 of them paraded at the Kandy Perahera, the country's biggest religious festival. But nothing beats the sight of the behemoths in their natural state. The beasts at Minneriya knew neither the mahouts' steely prods nor the tourists' flashbulbs. Instead, we were the guests - and not particularly welcome ones. As we headed out of the park at dusk...
...There are plenty of tame and tethered elephants in Sri Lanka?just the previous night in Kandy, we had seen 80 of them paraded at the Kandy Perahera, the country's biggest religious festival...
...biggest religious festivals in Ceylon is Esala Perahera, held each year for centuries in honor of the tooth of Buddha, which is enshrined in Kandy, Ceylon. While the densely packed pilgrims from all across the Orient press close, torchbearers and musicians swirl round a procession of painted elephants. Last week's Perahera drew a crowd of 100,000 Buddhists-and twice it turned into a milling nightmare...
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