Elephants race to glory

(01:00) Report

Dec. 30 - The fourth International Elephant Race is held in Kathmandu with 20 jumbo sized contestants.

Each year for the last four years Nepal has organised an International Elephant Race, attracting hundreds of onlookers - both locals and tourists - to one of the country's best-loved pastimes, which honours one of the country's most-loved animals.

Penny Tweedie reports. Appropriately time to fall between Christmas and New Year, at the peak of the year's festive season, the elephant race is an event that mahouts across Nepal prepare for all year.

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