We went to an ELEPHANT PARADE in Surin Thailand
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- čas přidán 5. 09. 2024
- This weekend in Thailand is a national holiday as it marks the beginning of Buddhist lent. This is a 3 month period of lent and will end with the Loy Krathong festival in November.
Each province in Thailand will have its own way of celebrating this holiday but in Surin, the home of the elephants, they have a huge parade through the centre of the city. With various members of each village participating in dances, parading with candles and displaying their crafts, it's an event you do not want to miss! The last part of the celebration is where Surin really shows its traditions and history as a large number of elephants join the parade, all beautifully decorated.
Thailand's traditions and festivals are a huge part of the culture and we feel so lucky and proud to be able to share these with our children.
Next year make sure to take a trip to Surin and experience this amazing display for yourself!
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Dang, I have never seen jelly in a tube lol...Nice elephants 🐘🐘💓
Thailand has it all Bruce! 😅
10:24 onwards , Mallory has the natural groove and beat with the music… Classic, lovely to see🙏🏼👍
Enjoyable to watch this video and see Kaya and Mallory enjoying themselves too 😊🙏🏼
They were a bit overwhelmed and got miserable at times 😅 but the more events we go to the more they will embrace them 😄🙏
Yeah, Surin is the only one. City has an awesome Elephants 🐘 🐘 🐘 🐘parade.❤ 😊
Surin is the best, home of the elephants 😄🙏
Thank you for showing to Surin ! And yes you should come November the show a lot more big and many more elephant then !
We definitely will, can't wait! 😄🙏
Hi NativeFarang and family ❤❤❤❤
Awesome thanks...
Great video! I will be moving to Surin soon :D
Us too! 😄🙏
Every year, I come to Thailand, I always miss the elephant parade in Surin.
Surin 🐘 Lampang 🐎 Lopburi 🐒 Phichit 🐊
There are 4 animals that are the provincial animals of Thailand and there are many more that I don't know about.
Ahh thanks for the information about other provinces 😃🙏
This has to be one of my favourite videos of yours,what a fantastic day.the elephants are so lovely
Ahh glad you enjoyed it, Julie! We had a brilliant day, it was amazing to witness 😄 can't wait for more of these events!
Thanks for the video.. hope Camilla and the kids had sunscreen on..😊
❤🙏🏻Natt& Camilla Fantastic. ❤Elephant & Thai traditions.💞💞💞💞
Amazing to witness 😄🙏
It was a fun family day out. Enjoyed seeing the serenity of the dancers
It was brilliant to witness 😀🙏
Surin procession with the dancers, the candles, looked amazing. Mallory & Kay are so cute 🩷🩷. Good see local traditions kept alive. Elephants so majestic animals. Cool parade indeed. 🤍🩷🐘🐘🩷🤍🥰
Definitely a great experience 😀🙏
Awesome 👏 👏thank you for sharing this amazing parade of Elephants ❤❤
Thank you for watching 😄🙏
What a spectacular event and glad to see you guys made it out👍🏽
It was brilliant! Thank you so much for sharing all the info with us, we really appreciate it 😊🙏
@@NativeFarang No problem. Don’t hesitate to reach out if you make it out to Roi Et
@@thongthaem_udon Will do 😄🙏
Oh we missed you then. Was also there. Two times a year they even have a nice food buffet for the elefants. Big festival in Surin. November and march i think it is. 100% it is november.
Ahh it was pretty hectic, people everywhere haha but yes there's the elephant round up in November which we'll definitely attend so might catch you there!
WOW NAT 😋👏👏👏👌👍THERES A FESTIVAL FOR EVERY OCASSION IN THAILAND 😜🎉🎉🎉👍 I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE GETTING A LIL COOLER BY NOW?🤣 GREAT VIDEO NAT 👏👏👏👌👍😀🎉
Thailand definitely has it all Kim! Haha does it ever cool down here? 😂 When the rain comes it's a little cooler, and around December/January time, but besides that it's always scorching 😅
We enjoy seeing your vlog, kids, and farm activities! Very much admired your courage! You both are so inspired us to leave europe and retire in Thailand . Keep up the good work! ❤
Ahh that's very kind of you to say, we're so glad we've inspired you! We wish you the best 🙏 Thank you!
Fantastic content Nat. The wife and I passed through surin only 3 weeks ago on our honeymoon. Cheers for the video ❤
Thank you 🙏 Oh nice, congratulations! 😄
Excellent video and very educational.
You really are making lovely videos now.
I have said all along you have the capability to make good videos
As well as this festival in Surin which includes elephants, there is also the Annual Elephant Round Up which I believe occurs in November! As far as the Isaan and Thai dancing is concerned, I have had my fill of it as from the age of 12 until 23, my daughter has performed and studied traditional and Thai dancing and my wife and I have attended hundreds of performances at Kalasin College of Dramatic Arts and then at Mahasarakam University faculty of Fine and Dramatic arts, plus any event that she was asked to dance at. Some of the costumes for Traditional Thai Dance are worth thousands of baht and the dances so intricate but I am a bit of a philistine with regard to those technicalities as after a while the music and the dances all look and sound the same to me although my wife tells me that every hand, body and foot movement has a meaning! Loved the elephants, although I don't necessarily agree with the brutal training methods which break the elephant's will, they are still an impressive sight. As always, thanks for sharing, and may God Bless you all 😀❤🙏
Yes we can't wait for the round-up in November! Thailand definitely puts on some amazing events and festivities 😄🙏
WOW brilliant what a lovely site to see what a great experience 🎉🎉🎉🎉
It was amazing 😀
Great clip..Have a wonderful trip
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Simply impressive. Thank you once again for another great video and as always hugs to the family.
Ahh thank you so much 😄🙏
Lived in sisiket for 4 years loved it🎉
Amazing!
Beautyfull ❤❤❤
Beutiful vid guys 😂
Thank you 🙏
Fun!!! Enjoyed the daily vlog.
Thank you, glad you enjoyed it 😄🙏
10 seconds in. Missed this music from all your early videos ❤
Ahhh we do throw it in from time to time, glad you enjoy it 😄🙏
I am consulate❤
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Nat , you became excited and emotional at the same time. You can be proud of Thailands elephants. When i used to live in my house in Pattaya, some years ago, many elephants came by in my soi. Some were from the elephant village nearby and one time 1 huge elephant came at my door from Surin. The mahout said they walked 😮 . I was so sorry with them. They slept near the rotfai.
Ahh most definitely, I'm proud to be from Surin, the home of the elephants 😄 Oh wow, that's an amazing story and experience!
It would be great if we could explain the symbiotic relationship between the Thais and elephants
I definitely will in a future video, I was too distracted and caught up in the moment 😅
@NativeFarang Yes I know the festivals. I always bring earplugs. 🤣🤣🤣 As you know there are many sanctuaries around there.
Fun content but what's with the head butt towards the end? Guess both your hands were occupied so😅😆
Hahaha yeah, couldn't put my hand over the lens as didn't have a spare one 😅😂