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Article Title: Elephant Polo

Festival Name: Elephant Polo World Championships

Festival Country: Nepal

Festival Type(s): Sport - Bizarre, Bizarre, Animal

This sport, played exclusively in four countries - India, and the three-members of Elephant Polo Association: Thailand, Sri Lanka, and Nepal - presents all the challenges of pony polo, plus plenty of problems particular to playing perched upon pachyderms.

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Article Title: The Dancing Monks of Tengboche

Festival Name: Mani Rimdu Festival

Festival Country: Nepal

Festival Type(s): Religious, Indigenous, Music - Traditional

IT ISN'T MUSIC AND IT HAS NO RHYTHM. Amplified by the clear mountain air, the cacophony of sound is deafening. Conversation becomes impossible and all attention turns to the temple entrance, whence a procession of solemn faced monks is emerging.

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