Elephant Festival in India

CELEBRATION OF ELEPHANT FESTIVAL TRISSUR Pooram April 17, 2008 Trissur, Kerala, India, Samuel Lobe Each year, tens of thousands of people gather in the Indian city of Trissur (Kerala) to witness the procession of elephants, which lasts 36 hours. By a fluke I was passing nearby, when they told me about this extravagant festival. Locals warmed my interest in paint describing this event and the telling of a magnificent spectacle, which represent hundreds of elephants, collected in one place. I decided to visit the Trissur Pooram. The history of the holiday starts more than two hundred years ago. It is believed that King spent his first Sakthan, who ruled in the city of Kochi in the late eighteenth century. Trissur Pooram festival dedicated to Lord Shiva. Here are various temples, which, in turn, make his own show. The most famous and impressive presentation held at the Temple of Krishna in Thiruvanbadi and the Temple of the goddess Devi in ??Paramekkavu. Throughout the day, elephants are a beautiful blanket beneath the Temple Vadakumnatha. All of them resemble the temple walls, inlaid with gold and painted in bright colors. On the backs of these mighty animals half-naked men rhythmically rotate around its axis, carrying a glittering and iridescent rainbow umbrellas. Approximately every two minutes the music becomes harder, and all the men on elephants, straightened to his full height and shaking white pompoms. In addition to all these men behind the backs of elephants are people with big round panels, painted in incredible colors. This celebration provides an opportunity to show the ministers of churches, if I may say so, the results of their labor. And the audience is a wonderful opportunity to admire the elephants, which are revered as symbols of Ganesh, Hindu god of good luck and prosperity. All this looks pretty sweet. About an hour later you feel a little tired, besides, it became unbearably hot. I arrived about ten o'clock, and it became clear that this process will not end, the elephants will come and go all day. I had to search a restaurant with air conditioning, it was not easy. In the process of searching I was able to see the "elephant decanter, where animals are rested for the fenced from the exhibition" Works "and calmly pozhevyvali greens. Must be at the center of the city was more than a hundred of these magnificent animals. Frankly, this festival will live because of its reputation of "the whole process of the procession." During the whole celebration sounds hypnotic music. Most audible percussion instruments, accompanied by drums, flutes and cymbals. A crowd of musicians without stopping discourage monotonous rhythm. The main advantage of Trissur Pooram is a concert titled "Elanitara Melli, where musicians gather in the main squares and shows the noisy representation of an event by local standards a very loud and impressive. It's something like a traditional Indian moshpit (festival of alternative music). The festival gradually ends up at four o'clock in the morning, after an incredible fireworks display. All right, fireworks explode in the middle of the night, to mark the end Trissur Pooram. I must confess I have not even tried any for a long time to admire the fireworks. Although, when the outbreak, I woke up in his hotel room in about two kilometers from the place where the festival. I had a clear feeling that this terrorist attack that had just entered the lobby of my hotel. It was not the usual fireworks, to which you are accustomed to. From my window, it looked as if a huge amount of powder poured into the ditch and set on fire. It is quite a good kind of ridiculous conclusion, but they are not less lovely Indian festival. See also: India, Sri Lanka - the place of paradise, the problems of earthly ruins of Hampi, injustice and thick beggars India and Bangladesh Island elephant with a name that does not have elephants