A buffet for monkeysSourced
The festival guests receive fruit and vegetables
Lopburi, Thailand has a Monkey Buffet Festival offering fruit and vegetables to local macaques. The unusual feast is a tourist spectacle, but conflict between monkeys and residents has also been reported. The appealing scene is only part of living in the town.
The feast sits inside a more complicated local relationship.
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Reviewed: 2026-10-05