Monkey Buffet Festival
The Monkey Buffet Festival is an annual festival held in Lopburi, Thailand.[1] In 2007, the festival included giving fruits and vegetables to the local monkey population of 2,000 crab-eating macaques in Lopburi Province north of Bangkok.[2]
The festival was described as one of the strangest festivals by London's Guardian newspaper along with Spain's baby-jumping festival.[3] A photograph from the Monkey Buffet Festival at Phra Prang Sam Yod temple in Lopburi Province shows a monkey trying to get at fresh fruits and vegetables embedded in blocks of ice.[4]
References
- ^ "Tourism festival extremely fruitful for monkeys". New Straits Times. 1999-11-29. Retrieved 21 June 2015.
- ^ "Monkey Business". The Star. 2007-11-26. Retrieved 21 June 2015.
- ^ Turner, Lyndsey (2008-06-24). "From Glastonbury to tomato pelting: the festival season offers a chance to look at cultural pursuits". The Guardian. Retrieved 21 June 2015.
- ^ Sukree Sukplang photograph Reuters
