As a symbolic gesture of cultural and ecological harmony, Ritu Kumar's hand-embroidered ceremonial blanket accompanies 100 Indian lantana elephants on their US journey.

Every American is familiar with the political party symbols of an elephant and a donkey, but do you know how they came to be?

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