A mahout is uses a chicken bone to predict that the 30-million-baht restoration of the Royal Elephant Kraal in Ayutthaya will proceed smoothly. (Photo: Sunthorn Pongpao)AYUTTHAYA: Owners, mahouts and Brahmin priests led 10 elephants to worship deities in a ceremony marking the start of a 30-million-baht restoration of the centuries-old Royal Elephant Kraal on Monday. Thongrian Miphan, president of the elephant foundation, led 10 elephants to the ceremony at the kraal in Phra Nakhon Sri Ayutthaya district. The mahouts made offerings and used a boiled chicken bone for the divination, and agreed the restoration would proceed smoothly. In the past, mahouts used the kraal to show the king how they rounded up and caught elephants.

Source: Bangkok Post May 07, 2018 06:11 UTC