Elephant Kraal, Ayutthaya

Coordinates: 14°22′37″N 100°34′08″E / 14.376911°N 100.568963°E / 14.376911; 100.568963
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The painting shows the condition of the elephant kraal in the past
The elephant kraal in 2012, the white building is Ganesha shrine

Elephant Kraal of Ayutthaya,

Ayutthaya Province, Thailand. It is considered part of the Ayutthaya Historical Park
.

Description

The Elephant Kraal is known in Thai as Phaniat Khlong Chang (Thai: เพนียดคล้องช้าง, pronounced [pʰā.nîa̯t kʰlɔ́ːŋ t͡ɕʰáːŋ]). The first element phaniat (Thai: เพนียด) means 'a ground for capturing elephants', or 'elephant corrals', or 'working place for elephants and taking care of elephant corrals' in a broader sense; the second element khlong (Thai: คล้อง) means 'catching (for elephant only)'; the third element chang (Thai: ช้าง) means 'elephant', hence 'elephant kraal'.

It was originally located on a space beside

Ayutthaya.[1]

In the Ayutthaya period, activities like catching elephants were regarded as festive events for the upper classes such as monarch or members of the royal family. The mahouts would herd elephants from the forest to the kraal (corral) then king chose the nice one and ordered court official to catch it. During capture, the mahout loops a lasso made of buffalo leather called a

Brahmanism and local animism.[1]

The last official capture of elephants in Thailand occurred in the reign of King

Nicholas II of Russia), when he visited Siam (Thailand in those days) in 1893.[4]

The kraal was first renovated in the reign of King Rama V for royal ceremony in 1911.

Later, it was renovated in 1957. In 1962, the King

Rama IX held an elephant catching perform to the King Frederik IX of Denmark
on the occasion of his visit to Thailand.

The elephant kraal is now a recognised ancient monument since 1941 by the Fine Arts Department.[1] [5]

In addition to being a place for raising the royal elephants, around the kraal is also the residence of the people who inherited the lineage from the royal elephant herders in the Ayutthaya court as well.[3]

See also

Notes

  1. ^ It is different from Wang Chang Ayutthaya Lae Phaniat or Elephant Camp, which is a tourist attraction with activities, such as elephant show and feeding elephants.
  2. Kui
    ) who worship Pakam do not worship Ganesha.

References

  1. ^ a b c "เพนียดคล้องช้าง". Khaosod (in Thai). 2019-06-24. Retrieved 2022-04-17.
  2. ^ "ภาพในอดีต "เสาตะลุง" เพนียดคล้องช้าง". Thai PBS (in Thai). 2019-05-29. Retrieved 2022-04-15.
  3. ^ a b "เรื่องนี้มีตำนาน: ความหมายของเสาตะลุง". Thai PBS (in Thai). 2019-06-04. Retrieved 2022-04-17.
  4. ^ "ร.7 ไม่เคยประกาศขายพระแก้วมรกตให้ใคร มีแต่ ร.5 เคยยกพระแก้วมรกตถวายให้พระเจ้าซาร์!". Thaipost (in Thai). 2020-12-01. Retrieved 2022-04-15.
  5. ^ "เพนียดคล้องช้างคู่พระบารมีกษัตริย์แห่งกรุงศรีอยุธยา". Posttoday (in Thai). 2014-05-25. Retrieved 2022-04-17.

External links

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