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COUPLES IN THAILAND GET MARRIED WHILE RIDING ELEPHANTS ON VALENTINE'S DAY Reuters | Feb 14, 2021 04:40 PM IST THE ELEPHANT-BACK WEDDING IS AN ANNUAL EVENT AT THE NONG NOOCH TROPICAL
GARDEN IN CHONBURI PROVINCE WHICH USUALLY ATTRACTS UP TO A HUNDRED COUPLES. Fifty-two couples in Thailand got married while riding elephants on Sunday, in an annual Valentine's Day mass
wedding ceremony at a botanical garden in a province east of Bangkok. Dancers and a band led the procession of elephants and couples and a local official, also on an elephant, oversaw the
signing of the marriage licence. "For me, I've been planning for a long time that if I were to sign a marriage licence one day, it must be an extraordinary event," said groom
Patiphat Panthanon, 26, sitting beside his 23-year-old bride. The elephant-back wedding is an annual event at the Nong Nooch Tropical Garden in Chonburi province which usually attracts up to
a hundred couples. But this year due to the coronavirus pandemic, the numbers were down. Kampon Tansacha, managing director of the Nong Nooch Tropical Garden, said that due to strict
screening protocols for visitors, people were feeling safer and have started to come back to visit the botanical park, which showcases recreations of landscaped gardens from around the
world. Thailand's tourism-reliant country has yet to lift a travel ban imposed last April to curb the outbreak, keeping most foreign investors away. * Thailand Get Latest Updates on
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