Elephant Dreams - Surin Province Thailand

For full appreciation of this video we recommend watching in HD. This is from a novice monk initiation ceremony in Surin Province, Thailand. See the village life, rural people old and young, water buffaloes, and other farm animals. Join us for an elephant ride in the monk initiation ceremony procession.

Category:

Travel & Events

Tags:

• Thailand
• Isaan
• Surin Province
• elephants
• water buffaloes
• silk making
• khmer
• Souei people
• Kui
• school kids
• Khmer Surin music
• silk weaving
• Buddhism
• country life

[surinaruk]

I love it!! would appreciate more if you could make a movie in surin city nightlife +++ in the city.

[phrakanong]

@surinaruk You'll need to point me in the direction of the nightlife. I'm not familiar with it. Probably will be back there again in a few months.

[surinaruk]

@phrakanong Like speed music hall and tawan daeng. Or just a random movie in the city life from morning market to night market. Anyway I'm likes all of your masterpiece movies!

[phrakanong]

@surinaruk Okay I will try next trip up there. As always thanks for watching and for your comments.

[xLancashireladx]

Great yet again PK. Love the buffalo calf @ 2.17 Looks so peacefull around there and the people seem happy. Did they not mind you filming in the temple?

The new monk's sister in the middle @ 9.06 looks a nice girl.

Liked your acknowledgement to the people of Surin at the end. I bet they have you nicknamed "that crazy farang that videos everything" lol.

I very much hope to be there in February.

[phrakanong]

@xLancashireladx These are relatives and neighbors of my wife's family. They invited me into the temple and also let me ride on one of the elephants. Yes, his sister is very sweet. She recently graduated from college and is still single. You might be able to hear a comment in the background of one of the buffalo scenes at 1:56 about "filming buffalo?!*" and another in Khmer at 5:44 about that crazy farang video man. Thanks for the comment,

[billyboyles]

Thank you.. The film made me feel right at home.

[KonSaren]

lovely ! thank you

[selesko8]

wonderful, thank you!

[videogoatbird]

Fantastic Movie!

[Merfh1]

Thank You!