King's Cup Elephant Polo King's Cup Elephant Polo King's Cup Elephant Polo is an elephant polo event played three times a year in Thailand, Sri Lanka, and Nepal. The event is sponsored by Anantara Hotels, a brand owned by the Minor Hotel Group of Bangkok, Thailand. In each match, two teams compete. Each team consists of five humans and five elephants. There is no monetary prize. Sponsors have included Johnnie Walker, PwC, Peroni, and IBM. PETA claims that at least eight other corporate sponsors have ended their support of the event due to its allegedly inhumane nature. People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals
The Elephant Ride comes from a set of songs with "elephant" in the title. It was a story I came up with about a skinhead who had fallen in love with an Indian girl in Charlton. They couldn't hang out with each other because their parents wouldn't go along with the cross-pollination of their relationship. I thought it would make a good musical, because it was a racial story." "AllMusic" critic Stephen Thomas Erlewine said in his review of "Sweets from a Stranger" that "The Elephant Ride" was "shimmering" and "gorgeous." The Elephant Ride "The Elephant Ride" is a song by the British