About Monkey Buffet
Each November the town of Lopburi in central Thailand lays on an enormous feast — tables piled with fruit, vegetables and sweets — for the thousands of macaque monkeys that roam its ancient Khmer temples, in thanks for the tourism the mischievous animals bring. The monkeys, unsurprisingly, descend in a chaotic, gleeful free-for-all. It is a delightfully bizarre spectacle, complete with costumed performers and a genuine festival atmosphere. Keep a tight hold of your sunglasses, phone and snacks — the locals are notorious thieves.
“A feast laid on for thousands of temple monkeys. Delightfully bizarre — guard your sunglasses.”
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