Elephant football (penalty shootout) was played on the first day of the festival.
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The 19th Elephant Festival began in Sauraha, a tourist town in Chitwan, on Friday. The festival was inaugurated by Bagmati Province Chief Minister Indra Bahadur Baniya.
महोत्सवको पहिलो दिन हात्तीको फुटबल पेनाल्टी सुटआउट खेलाइएको थियो । पर्यटन प्रवर्द्धनका लागि हरेक वर्ष हुँदै आएको हात्ती तथा पर्यटन महोत्सव पुस १३ गतेसम्म सञ्चालन हुने छ ।
क्षेत्रीय होटल सङ्घ नेपाल चितवनको आयोजना तथा युनाइटेड हात्ती सञ्चालन सहकारी संस्थाको सहआयोजनामा महोत्सव आयोजना गरिएको हो । विसं २०५५ देखि सुरु भएको चितवन हात्ती तथा पर्यटन महोत्सवमा यस वर्ष हात्तीको शृंगार प्रतियोगिता, हात्तीको वनभोज, हात्तीको स्वास्थ्य शिविर, हात्तीको दिनचर्याबारे जानकारी दिनेलगायत कार्यक्रम गरिने आयोजकले जनाएको छ ।
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