Elephant racing is one of the important traditional festivals of the native people in the Central Highlands of Vietnam. Among them, the biannual Buon Don elephant racing festival is a major event that attracts many tourists.
It features football matches, swimming sessions, a parade and a buffet for the animals, topped off with a highly anticipated race on the final two days.
After the festival, all participating elephants enjoy bunches of sugarcane and bananas as the awards by the organizers and visitors, then come back to their ordinary life in the villages.
In the next two years, they will continue to show their strength and ingenuity for the following festive season./.
VNA
