http://asiapacific.anu.edu.au/newmandala/2008/03/20/elephants-forests-and-power/ New perspectives on mainland Southeast Asia Mon, 23 Nov 2009 15:28:26 +1100 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://asiapacific.anu.edu.au/newmandala/2008/03/20/elephants-forests-and-power/comment-page-1/#comment-398758 Mandy Sadan Mon, 24 Mar 2008 04:04:15 +0000 http://asiapacific.anu.edu.au/newmandala/2008/03/20/elephants-forests-and-power/#comment-398758 Just an addition to my previous comment now I've read this. Absolutely right. The only thing I'd add is that in Jinghpaw traditional 'literature' elephants stand as one of a range of symbols that coalesce together to identify a chief's status and aren't the primary designator or this (house size for example is more likely to be equated with the size of a buffalo rather than an elephant - and so on) refelcting some of the regional/ecological variants that get absorbed in different ways in Kachin concepts Just an addition to my previous comment now I’ve read this. Absolutely right. The only thing I’d add is that in Jinghpaw traditional ‘literature’ elephants stand as one of a range of symbols that coalesce together to identify a chief’s status and aren’t the primary designator or this (house size for example is more likely to be equated with the size of a buffalo rather than an elephant – and so on) refelcting some of the regional/ecological variants that get absorbed in different ways in Kachin concepts

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