N’Thu K’nul (Khunjunob) elephants in Vietnam


N’Thu K’nul (Khunjunob)
Typeprivate
Owner
Founded1828
Closed down1947
Address Buon Don village
Place Krong Na commune
Region Buon Don District, Dak Lak Province
Country Vietnam
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History of updates2018-11-20
Latest document update2020-10-30 07:03:11
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N’Thu K’nul (Khunjunob) elephants, is a private elephant owner, living in Buon Don village in Krong Na commune, Vietnam , was born in 1828.
N’Thu K’nul (Khunjunob) elephants died in 1947.


Comments / picturesElephant hunter, elephant trainer and a respectful chieftain who founded Don Village and in 1861 gifted a white elephant tp the Ling of Thailand, who as a honor reward gave him the title Khunjunob which means King of Elephant Hunters.

A year after his death, in 1939, his nephew R’leo Knul, who took over as chief of the village, held the ceremony of 'grave abandoning' and had a tomb built for him in the M'Nong-Laos architectural style. The tomb of R'Leo Knul himself lies next to his uncle\'s tomb.

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Recommended Citation

Koehl, Dan (2024). N’Thu K’nul (Khunjunob), Elephant Encyclopedia. Available online at https://www.elephant.se/location2.php?location_id=2463. (archived at the Wayback machine)

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