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The Central Highlands is a majestic land with stratified red soil plateaus, bestowed by nature mother bestowed on vast green forests, fertile basalt lands, and temperate climate all year round. This place brings together many ethnic groups living together, honest people who are simple and bold with the identity of the mountains and highlands. It can be said that the Central Highlands is the cradle of legendary epics, is a rich land. With its unique cultural traditions, sacred mountain and forest, Elephant is one of the most attractive and unique festivals of the Central Highlands ethnic minorities.
The festival is held in the third lunar month, once every two years. People choose spring as the season to organize the elephant racing festival to express the desire to start a new year, nice, warm and happy for people throughout the villages, creating a jubilant, bustling and working atmosphere. infatuated with anyone who has ever come here. Elephants are animals that symbolize the Central Highlands mountains and forests, have long been domesticated as very useful pets and human-friendly coexistence. They help people pull logs, carry things, transport goods, and are especially trained to perform in festivals, in zoos. Elephants are large animals, but gentle, intelligent and able to remember very quickly, that is why they have long become close friends, sticking with the people of the Central Highlands both in war and in Daily life. This is considered to be a sacred animal and beloved and revered by the people as a strong symbol of the land of the immense plateau.
Indeed, the Central Highlands is a land with the right atmosphere to organize joyful festivals. The Elephant Racing Festival is held in Dak-Lak to honor the cultural tradition, martial spirit and elephant riding skills. of the Central Highlands people. Elephant Racing Festival is held together with other festivals such as: Water wharf worshiping ceremony, Elephant health worshiping ceremony, Buffalo-eating Ceremony (Daming Ceremony), New rice worshiping ceremony (Celebration of the season), gong culture gong ... People believe in a new year full of joy, good harvest, and a warm and happy home.
Elephant Racing Festival is held very spectacularly bustling but only lasts within a single day. However, the preparatory work has taken place a few months earlier, the elephants of the competition will be taken by their owners to the green lawns, fed with fruits, vegetables such as: Papaya , sugarcane, ... They do not have to work and rest to compete so every elephant is fat, full of energy. At the festival, the elephants tended to gather in a large vacant lot to compete, in the flat grounds the elephants had to go through three thrilling competitions: Elephants running at speed, Elephants swimming across the Serepok river, Elephants kick the ball. People throughout the Central Highlands provinces flocked to enjoy the festival, colorful costumes, cheering applause, making the festival more bustling and bustling. In addition, when visitors come to enjoy the festival atmosphere, they can also enjoy specialties with the flavors of the Central Highlands mountains and forests.
The Elephant Racing Festival begins with the referee blowing an echo of the horn signaling the race is about to begin, the smart, powerful elephants, under the guidance of the most brave, strong boys Each village in turn came to the starting line, slowly knelt down on all fours, as a friendly greeting to the cheers. Usually a racing team of two boys called the Armies, wearing brocade suits with colorful colors, can tie an additional cloth to distinguish the teams. After the greeting procedure, the referee blew another prison term, this prison was more definitive and stronger, to start the race, the elephants moved forward in the enthusiastic cheering of the audience. fake, knocking gongs, cheers resounded as increasing morale for each athlete. The elephants kept going, the boy sitting at the head of the elephants, always bowing down to the back of the elephant to stabilize the body, avoiding the resistance of the air, making the elephant run faster. The eyes were always observing cautiously on all sides and controlling the elephant with a sharp rod about 1 meter long, every time the elephant slowed down they used the iron to stab the buttocks, causing the elephant to hurt, it jumped up and ran quickly. more. But not only is it fast to run, elephants must also run their own way, this is the task of the person behind, they will use a hammer called a Hammer, to hit the butt of the elephant so that the elephant runs straight in the direction, avoiding encroaching to the other team's lane, following the set route. The closer to the finish line, the cheering and cheering with the gong and the drum of the rhythm of knocking, bustling and bustling the whole area became bigger, the elephants felt the more energetic, trying to reach the destination. The race ended, the elephants returned to the village in the pride and unwavering respect of the people here.
Elephant Racing Festival ends the village dragging together to drink, have fun. The sound of the gongs could be heard, the boys and girls holding hands and dancing around the bright fire. Old men talk happily. The festival seems to bring people together, making them closer to each other, bringing a fresh color to the majestic highland.
Elephant Racing Festival has long become a unique cultural identity of the ethnic groups in the sunny and windy Central Highlands, containing heroic martial arts colors, strong lifestyles of the people here from long ago. Coming to Ban Don, visitors will be free to drop their soul into the poetic nature of the mountains, explore the unique and unique cultural features, and enjoy a variety of diverse cuisines. Today, Elephant Racing festival is not only encapsulated in Ban Don village culture but has been developed into an interesting tourist festival, attracting tourists from near and far.