mahout
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A mahout is an elephant rider, trainer, or keeper. Mahouts were used since antiquity for both civilian and military use. Traditionally, mahouts came from ethnic groups with generations of elephant keeping experience, with a mahout retaining his elephant throughout its working life or service years.
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A young Elephant and its Mahout.jpg
A young Elephant and its Mahout
A young Elephant and its Mahout
An elephant keeper riding his elephant - Tashrih al-aqvam (1825), f.117v - BL Add. 27255.jpg
An elephant keeper riding his elephant.
An elephant keeper riding his elephant.
Mahout washing his elephant. Temple in Kanchipuram, Tamil Nadu.jpg
Mahout washing his elephant. Temple in Kanchipuram, Tamil Nadu
Mahout washing his elephant. Temple in Kanchipuram, Tamil Nadu
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