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Show Say Mass in Honor of Spirits of Elephants A Buddhist mass was recently held In Tokyo for the spirits of all elephants ele-phants that have supplied Ivory for Ivory carving In Japan. Members of the Toklo Art Objects Dealers' association associ-ation nnd Ivory carvers assembled nt Kokoku temple for the ceremony. Fifteen Fif-teen prizes opened the service with the reading of Ruddhlst prayers. A large monument was nlso unveiled In honor of the spirits of the departed elephants. The president of the association as-sociation said: "We who obtnln our living from this Ivory cannot help feeling grateful to the elephants which have been furnishing materlnls for us to work with. It Is for this reason that we comfort their spirits by holding hold-ing a mass for them. We think we also do honor and comfort to the spirits spir-its of our nncestors, who were likewise like-wise In the Ivory trade. We wish all artists and dealers In Ivory objects to visit the monument as a shrine when they .come to Tokyo." Pathfinder Magazine. |