Elephant Festival from Thailand

In Thailand, there is a famous festival of elephants! It is held on the middle of November in Surin prefecture from 1999. Surin is located in the east of Thailand. It takes about 4 hours from the capital city Bangkok by a car.

In this festival, about 280 elephants gathered and entertained people. They play soccer or basketball. Maybe if you watch that show, you will be surprised!
In Thailand, Elephants are very holy animal and considered as not pets, but members of the family. They are so intelligent as they can draw their own pictures. If you go to Ayutthaya, you can ride an elephant! Please try it!

Anna and the King

I pick up the movie "Anna and the King" which is one of my favourite movies!
Do you know this movie?
The story of this movie is happened in Thailand.

This movie is remake of an old movie "Anna and the King of Siam".
In 19 century, there was the Kingdom of Siam. (now Thailand) The King of Siam, Mongkut, rejected the colonizing from foreign country and tried to make a new modern nation. In those days, a lot of revolutions for conservatives who tried to protect the old convention and tradition. And one day, King Mongkut invited a British woman to the Kingdom of Siam as a tutor who teaches English to children of the King. Her name is Anna. Although she was cluture shocked about foreign rules, she teached to children hard. And Anna and the King fall in love gradually.

Anna was acted by Jodie Foster and the King was acted by Yun-Fat Chow.
If you will go to MLC, you can find this mivie! try to wacth!