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Lopburi
Monkey Festival November 2006 |
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| Monkeys
grab food during the Monkey Buffet Festival
at at the Pra Prang Sam Yot temple in Lopburi.
Monkeys grab food at the Pra Prang Sam Yot
temple during the Monkey Buffet Festival
in Lopburi, about 150 km (92 miles) north
of Bangkok November 26, 2006. The annual
festival provides various types of food
and drink to the local monkey population,
which numbers more than 2,000. Located in
the Lopburi province in Central Thailand,
the city of Lopburi is best known for its
population of 600+ urban-adapted monkeys.
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During the last weekend of November, Thais and
tourists alike flock to the shrine
of San Pra Kan, cameras in hand, to witness
the events of the annual Monkey Festival, where
the local macaques feast on a buffet of fruits,
boiled eggs, soft drinks, cucumbers and (yes,
the cartoons were right) gluttonous amounts of
bananas. |
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If
you can't make it to Lopburi during festival season,
the city is well worth the 3-hour train ride from Bangkok
(through Ayutthaya). Prang Sam Yot, a Khmer temple located
just north of the train station, is the centre of activity. |
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It also operates as monkey headquarters, though
the temple's windows and doors are gated to ensure
a monkey-free exploration of one of the oldest
ruins in Lopburi. Still, the monkeys congregate
on the temple's lawns, climbing Buddha statues
or fighting playfully, unfazed by the humans around
them. |
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A 30 baht entrance fee includes the loan
of a long bamboo stick for self-defense
against aggresively curious primates. This
allows tourists to play Indiana Jones for
an afternoon, exploring the solemn stone
temple and it's crumbling Buddhas. |
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All
the while, the fearless creatures won't hesitate
to climb onto their unsuspecting spectators. These
monkeys are said to have been a gift to the town
centuries ago, when Hanuman the Monkey King was
granted rule of the area by the mythic Hindu figure
Rama. Centuries later, their presence in the town
still works as a gift of sorts. While drivers
and cyclists need to stay alert at all times for
the roaming primates swinging about the city centre,
these monkeys also draw tourists year-round, putting
Lopburi on the map with this truly unique attraction. |
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