TheJakartaPost
Please Update your browser
Your browser is out of date, and may not be compatible with our website. A list of the most popular web browsers can be found below.
Just click on the icons to get to the download page.
Popular Reads
Top Results
No results found. Please check your search term and try again
Can't find what you're looking for?
View all search results
Popular Reads
Top Results
No results found. Please check your search term and try again
Can't find what you're looking for?
View all search resultsTwo elephants calmly pass through South Sumatra market
The two elephants were seen walking calmly in an alley inside the market without any interactions with humans or damage to any stalls.
Change text size
Gift Premium Articles
to Anyone
Share the best of The Jakarta Post with friends, family, or colleagues. As a subscriber, you can gift 3 to 5 articles each month that anyone can read—no subscription needed!
Two Sumatran elephants are seen passing through a market alley at Jukung Market in Air Sugihan district, Ogan Komering Ilir regency, South Sumatra in this screen capture from Instagram account @ogankomeringilirupdate on May 19, 2026. (kompas.com/Instagram/@ogankomeringilirupdate)
R
esidents of Ogan Komering Ilir regency, South Sumatra, were surprised on May 19 by the visit of two Sumatran elephants to Jukung Market in Air Sugihan district.
The incident was recorded in an amateur video, which went viral after the video was uploaded on Instagram account @ogankomeringilirupdate, as reported by kompas.com.
“That elephant is big,” a man was heard saying in the video. Another voice was heard saying, “they are already tame”.
The two elephants were seen walking calmly in an alley inside the market without any interactions with humans or damage to any stalls.
Ogan Komering Ilir Communications and Information Agency head Adi Yanto confirmed the incident.
“There is an elephant conservation area near the market,” he told The Jakarta Post on May 21.
The Sugihan-Simpang Heran elephant conservation area is the largest elephant habitat in South Sumatra with a population of 141 elephants.
