Dummy Elephant Festival Tuesday October 11 2011 (the date changes according to the year)
*This unique and exotic elephant dance held at Kyaukse, a small town not far from Mandalay. A huge but light elephant figure is made with bamboo and paper. Men take their places inside the figure and dance around the town to the accompaniment of Dobat and Drums ***http://www.myanmartravel.net/festivals.htm