ナショナルジオグラフィックさんのインスタグラム写真 - (ナショナルジオグラフィックInstagram)「Photos by @brentstirton | Asian elephants have been revered for centuries. Mandatory at certain festivals, they are a powerful religious symbol. For thousands of years people have had a relationship with elephants, known for their service in wartime and as beasts of burden. 1. The Esala Perahera, or Festival of the Tooth, in Kandy, Sri Lanka, features about 100 elephants adorned in ceremonial costumes. 2. Two palace elephants touch trunks to comfort and reassure each other during the Dasara festival in Mysuru, India. The noise and crowds at the celebration could be stressful for them. 3. Experienced elephant mahout J.S. Raju guides blind elephant Ekadanta into the water to be bathed. Mahouts have become more highly regarded by researchers as a repository of knowledge about elephant behavior. 4. Significant Sri Lankan elephants are dressed elaborately for the Esala Perahera in Kandy. 5. The elephants used in the Mysuru Dasara are all “capture elephants.” In their normal lives, they're part of a forestry services team that captures wild rogue elephants involved in human-elephant conflict. 6. Huge crowds on the final day of the Mysuru Dasara in the Indian state of Karnataka. 7. An elephant is delivered to a festival in Kerala, India. Festival elephants can find themselves on an exhausting circuit with loud noise, fireworks, and hundreds of thousands of people. 8. A vet checks a male elephant to see if he's in musth before a festival in Kerala. These males are in an agitated, aggressive state and can be dangerous. 9. An elephant at a ceremony inside a temple in Kerala. Temple elephants are an important symbol and draw in followers. 10. Wasana, 53, is a famous and revered temple tusker at the Kataragama complex in Sri Lanka, which houses Buddhist and Hindu temples and a mosque. On auspicious occasions, he will make rounds of all three places with a following of devotees. Read the full story at the link in bio.」4月24日 1時00分