People of different religions and communities in the world have different traditions. Some people still follow their traditions in a very special way. About 150 kilometres from Bangkok is a city named Lopburi. Every year a festival for monkeys is celebrated in this city. In today's article, we are going to tell you some special things about Thailand's Monkey Buffet Festival.

How many years has this festival been going on?

The people of Lopburi town have been celebrating the Monkey Buffet Festival as a festival for nearly 42 consecutive years. He calls this festival 'Monkey Buffet Festival' (Lopburi Monkey Buffet Festival). This festival is celebrated with great pomp in Lopburi since 1980.

Monkeys Buffet Party

Under this festival, he organizes a tremendous buffet party for the monkeys every year. This Grand Monkey Key is celebrated like a special big party. Every type of food is arranged in the buffet, as well as there is decoration here. Food in this buffet includes everything from ice cream to fruit.

Who started the 'Monkey Buffet Festival

If the local people are to be believed, they say that this festival was started by a businessman. They believe that due to the high number of monkeys in Lopburi, many tourists used to come here. Due to this, the business of that businessman increased. Since then the businessman decided that he would organize a buffet for the monkeys with the profit money. Since then it started being celebrated as a festival.

The condition of monkeys worsened at the time of Corona

However, the year 2020 was very difficult for everyone during the corona pandemic. Due to the change of time and lack of tourism, the monkey here had to starve. After which the monkeys here became violent. After which some monkeys were sterilizedalthough this method also did not work. In 2021, the situation had become so bad that these monkeys troubled the people living here. Whatever the government could do, it was doing for these monkeys, but the stomach of these monkeys was not filled. The monkeys here are not at all afraid of humans. After the end of Corona, in the year 2022 again people started organizing this festival for monkeys.

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