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Jaipur%2E%7C%7C%7C%7C0%7C0%7C100%7C0%7C0%7C100%5E90069%7Cdsc%5F0104%2Ejpg%7COne of the many attractions of the festival %3A displaying a record breaking mustache%2E%0D%0DL%27une des nombreuses attractions du festival %3A une moustache record%21%7C%7C%7C%7C0%7C0%7C100%7C0%7C0%7C100%5E95073%7C073dsc%5F0241%2Ejpg%7CDancers dresssed as lord Krishna and his consorts about to perform the peacock dance at the elephant festival in Jaipur%2E%0D%0DDes danceurs dans le r%C3%B4le du dieu Krishna et ses concubines avant d%27entamer la dance du paon au festival des %26eacute%3Bl%26eacute%3Bphants%2E%7C%7C%7C%7C0%7C0%7C100%7C0%7C0%7C100&oe=02dsc_0269.jpg|Elephants at the Jaipur festival. Elephants are not native to Rajasthan and have to be imported from other parts of the country.

Des &eacute;l&eacute;phants au festival de Jaipur. Les &eacute;l&eacute;phants ne sont pas originaires du Rajasthan mais doivent tre import&eacute;s d'autres regions du pays.^02dsc_0142.jpg|Elephants ready for the beauty contest. They will be marked for their body paint, their costumes, as well as the costumes of their owners and riders.

Des &eacute;l&eacute;phants prts pour le concour de beaut&eacute;. Ils seront not&eacute;s pour leur peinture, leur costume, ainsi que le costume de leur propri&eacute;taire et cornac.^01dsc_0267.jpg|Mr Abdul Rasheed at the elephant festival. Mr Rasheed's family used to take care of the Maharashtra of Jaipur's elephants back in the days of the British Raj. He now heads the Elephant Owner's Association of Jaipur.

Mr Abdul Rasheed au festival des &eacute;l&eacute;phants. La famille de mr Rasheed s'occupait des &eacute;l&eacute;phants du Maharashtra de Jaipur  l'&eacute;poque de l'empire colonial brittanique. Il dirige aujourd'hui l'Association des Propri&eacute;taires d'&eacute;l&eacute;phants de Jaipur.^03dsc2087.jpg|^03dsc2097.jpg|A boy re-enacts the days of the maharadjahs of Jaipur, when elephants were kept as status symbols and used to take vip guests on  safaris.

Un jeune garon vtu comme aux temps des Maharadjahs,  l'&eacute;poque o les &eacute;l&eacute;phants servaient  emmener les invit&eacute;s de marque en safari.^140dsc1949.jpg|Musicians at the elephant festival in Jaipur.

Des musiciens au festival des &eacute;l&eacute;phants  Jaipur.^072dsc_0210.jpg|Women dancing in traditional rajput costumes at the Jaipur elephant festival. Part of the warrior class and no less brave than their male counterparts, rajput women were known to throw themselves and their children in huge bonfires rather than face capture by the enemy.

Des danseuses en costume traditionnels 'rajput' au festival d'&eacute;l&eacute;phants de Jaipur. Membres de la classe guerrire et non moins courageuse que les hommes, les femmes rajput pr&eacute;fferraient s'immoller par le feu plutt que d'tre captur&eacute;es par l'ennemi.^072dsc2023c.jpg|Women dancing in traditional rajput costumes at the Jaipur elephant festival. Part of the warrior class and no less brave than their male counterparts, rajput women were known to throw themselves and their children in huge bonfires rather than face capture by the enemy.

Des danseuses en costume traditionnels 'rajput' au festival d'&eacute;l&eacute;phants de Jaipur. Membres de la classe guerrire et non moins courageuse que les hommes, les femmes rajput pr&eacute;fferraient s'immoller par le feu plutt que d'tre captur&eacute;es par l'ennemi.^072dsc2033.jpg|Women dancing in traditional rajput costumes at the Jaipur elephant festival. Part of the warrior class and no less brave than their male counterparts, rajput women were known to throw themselves and their children in huge bonfires rather than face capture by the enemy.

Des danseuses en costume traditionnels 'rajput' au festival d'&eacute;l&eacute;phants de Jaipur. Membres de la classe guerrire et non moins courageuse que les hommes, les femmes rajput pr&eacute;fferraient s'immoller par le feu plutt que d'tre captur&eacute;es par l'ennemi.^130dsc1951.jpg|A woman in traditional rajput robes at the elephant festival in Jaipur.

Une femme en costume traditionnel rajput au festival des &eacute;l&eacute;phants  Jaipur.^dsc2060.jpg|Elephant polo at the elephant festival in Jaipur.

Polo d'&eacute;l&eacute;phants au festival des &eacute;l&eacute;phants de Jaipur.^dsc2073.jpg|Elephant polo at the elephant festival in Jaipur.

Polo d'&eacute;l&eacute;phants au festival des &eacute;l&eacute;phants de Jaipur.^dsc2075.jpg|Elephant polo at the elephant festival in Jaipur.

Polo d'&eacute;l&eacute;phants au festival des &eacute;l&eacute;phants de Jaipur.^070dsc_0216.jpg|Dancers enter the festival grounds wearing traditional Rajput robes. Rajputs were the warrior cast of Rajasthan and were famous for their courage and discipline. The most famous Rajput, Jaisingh II, founded Jaipur in the 18th century.

Des danceurs en costumes traditionnels 'Rajput' font leur entr&eacute;e au festival. Les Rajput constituaient la caste gu&eacute;rrire du Rajasthan et &eacute;taient r&eacute;put&eacute;s pour leur bravoure et discipline. Le Rajput le plus c&eacute;lbre, Jaisingh II, fonda la ville de Jaipur au 18e siecle.^071dsc2039.jpg|Dancers in traditional rajput robes perform the popular dandya dance. Normally danced by groups of men and women organised in pais, the dance here takes on a more martial aspect, with the dandya stick replacing swords.

Des danceurs en costumes traditionnels rajput dansent la 'dandya, populaire dans tout le nord-ouest de l'Inde. Nrmalement dans&eacute;e par des groupes d'hommes et de femmes organis&eacute;s en couples, la danse prend ici un aspect plus martial, avec les batons 'dandyas' remplaant les &eacute;p&eacute;es.^070dsc_0300.jpg|Dancers in traditional rajput robes perform the popular dandya dance. Normally danced by groups of men and women organised in pais, the dance here takes on a more martial aspect, with the dandya stick replacing swords.

Des danceurs en costumes traditionnels rajput dansent la 'dandya, populaire dans tout le nord-ouest de l'Inde. Nrmalement dans&eacute;e par des groupes d'hommes et de femmes organis&eacute;s en couples, la danse prend ici un aspect plus martial, avec les batons 'dandyas' remplaant les &eacute;p&eacute;es.^071dsc2044.jpg|Dancers in traditional rajput robes perform the popular dandya dance. Normally danced by groups of men and women organised in pais, the dance here takes on a more martial aspect, with the dandya stick replacing swords.

Des danceurs en costumes traditionnels rajput dansent la 'dandya, populaire dans tout le nord-ouest de l'Inde. Nrmalement dans&eacute;e par des groupes d'hommes et de femmes organis&eacute;s en couples, la danse prend ici un aspect plus martial, avec les batons 'dandyas' remplaant les &eacute;p&eacute;es.^dsc2142.jpg|A horseman at the elephant festival in Jaipur.

Un cavalier au festival des &eacute;l&eacute;phants  Jaipur.^dsc_0104.jpg|One of the many attractions of the festival : displaying a record breaking mustache.

L'une des nombreuses attractions du festival : une moustache record!^073dsc_0241.jpg|Dancers dresssed as lord Krishna and his consorts about to perform the peacock dance at the elephant festival in Jaipur.

Des danceurs dans le rle du dieu Krishna et ses concubines avant d'entamer la dance du paon au festival des &eacute;l&eacute;phants.&lta=