The
8th International Elephant Festival held in Chitwan National Park,
about 170 km south of Kathmandu, Nepal, 26-28 December 2011. In the mat,
as many as 20 local elephants and elephants other than the UK, Brazil,
China and Germany took part in several contests. Among them are football
elephants and elephant pageant. (Photo: REUTERS / Navesh Chitrakar) viva
