5-520: [REDACTED] Look up koomkie in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Kumki may refer to: Kumki, Arunachal Pradesh , a town in Arunachal Pradesh state of India Kumki, Poland Kumki (elephant) , an elephant used as an aid in capturing a wild elephant Kumki (film) , a 2012 Indian Tamil-language film Kumki 2 , an upcoming sequel to
10-628: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages koomkie Kumki ( Koomkie , Koonki or Kunki ; known as Thāppāna in Malayalam ) is a term used in India for trained captive Asian elephants used in operations to trap wild elephants, sometimes to rescue or to provide medical treatment to an injured or trapped wild elephant. Kumkis are used for capturing, calming and herding wild elephants or to lead wild elephants away in conflict situations. In such cases
15-479: The "foot commands" from their mahouts and to move silently during the entire capturing operation . The word is derived from Persian kumak which means "aid" and is in wide usage from Bengal to Tamil Nadu by mahouts. Following are the commands that phandis use to drive an elephant. Some movies related to kumki elephants have been released in the Tamil film industry, such as Kumki (2012). This article about
20-486: The 2012 film Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Kumki . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kumki&oldid=1231379919 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Place name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
25-426: The training process aims at preserving some of the wild dominant character in them, so that they can control wild elephants by force if necessary. When wild elephants enter human settlements and kumkis are used to drive them away, sometimes direct physical contact might not be needed since the territorial behaviour is aided by scent and other communication between animals. Some Koonki are particularly trained to follow
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