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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 Tokip Art Objects Dealers' association associ-ation and ivory carvers assembled at Kokoku temple for the ceremony. Fifteen Fif-teen prizes opened the service with the reading of Buddhist prayers. A large monument was also unveiled In honor of the spirits of the departed elephants. The president of the association as-sociation said : "We who obtain outliving out-living from this ivory . cannot help feeling grateful to the elephants' which have been furnishing materials 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 ancestors, 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. |