- Monkey Buffet Festival
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The Monkey Buffet Festival is held annually in Thailand to promote tourism.[1] In 2007, the festival included giving fruits and vegetables to the local monkey population of 2,000 in Lopburi province north of Bangkok.[2]
The festival was described as one of the strangest festivals by London's The Guardian newspaper along with Spain's baby-jumping festival.[3] A photograph from the Monkey Buffet Festival at Pra Prang Sam Yot temple in Lopburi Province shows a monkey trying to get at fresh fruit and vegetable captured in blocks of ice.[4]
References
- ^ Tourism festival extremely fruitful for monkeys November 29, 1999 New Straits Times
- ^ Monkey Business Nov 26, 2007 November 26, 2007 Edition 1 World briefs The Star
- ^ Lyndsey Turner From Glastonbury to tomato pelting: the festival season offers a chance to look at cultural pursuits 24 June 2008 The Guardian
- ^ Sukree Sukplangphotograph Reuters
Categories:- Festivals in Thailand
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