Primate banquet: Lopburi Monkey Festival celebrates reopening

Lopburi holds its annual Monkey Festival where local citizens and tourists gather to provide a banquet to the thousands of long-tailed macaques that live in central Lopburi.

A monkey chews on a Brazilian tourist's hair at the Pra Prang Sam Yod temple during the Lopburi Monkey Festival in Lop Buri, Thailand, Nov. 28, 2021.

This year the event was Lopburi's main reopening event since Thailand opened to foreign tourists without having to quarantine on Nov. 1.

Monkeys eat from an offering of fruit at the annual Monkey Buffet Festival in Lopburi, Thailand, Nov. 28, 2021.

A baby monkey eats yogurt at the annual Monkey Buffet Festival in Lopburi, Thailand, Nov. 28, 2021.

A monkey drinks a bag of juice at the annual Monkey Buffet Festival in Lopburi, Thailand, Nov. 28, 2021.

A tourist feeds the monkeys during the Lopburi Monkey Festival, Lopburi, Thailand, Nov. 28, 2021.

A baby monkey eats watermelon at the annual Monkey Buffet Festival in Lopburi, Thailand, Nov. 28, 2021.

Monkeys sit on a tourist's back during the Lopburi Monkey Festival, Lopburi, Thailand, Nov. 28, 2021.

Lopburi community members bring out a fruit feast for the neighborhood monkeys at the Lopburi Monkey Festival, Lopburi, Thailand, Nov. 28, 2021.

A monkey chews on a plastic knife at the annual Monkey Buffet Festival in Lopburi, Thailand, Nov. 28, 2021.

Locals provide a wheelchair covered in fruit to monkeys at the Phra Prang Sam Yod Temple, Lopburi, Thailand, Nov. 28, 2021.

A sits on a fence post at the annual Monkey Buffet Festival in Lopburi, Thailand, Nov. 28, 2021.

Monkeys walk past the Pra Prang Sam Yod Temple, Lopburi, Thailand, Nov. 28, 2021.

A monkey runs off with a yogurt cup during the Lopburi Monkey Festival, Lopburi, Thailand, Nov. 28, 2021.

Monkeys feast on a banquet provided to them by locals during the Lopburi Monkey Festival, Thailand, Nov. 28, 2021.

Monkeys eat fruit given to them by locals and tourists during the Lopburi Monkey Festival, Thailand, Nov. 28, 2021.

Monkeys eat fruit given to them by locals and tourists during the Lopburi Monky Festival, Lopburi, Thailand, Nov. 28, 2021.

A monkey drinks sweet yogurt drinks during the Lopburi Monkey Festival, Lopburi, Thailand, Nov. 28, 2021.

A monkey sits on a pole at the annual Monkey Buffet Festival in Lopburi, Thailand, Nov. 28, 2021.

A monkey peeks out from a stump at the annual Monkey Buffet Festival in Lopburi, Thailand, Nov. 28, 2021.

A monkey holds a juice box at the annual Monkey Buffet Festival in Lopburi, Thailand, Nov. 28, 2021.

A tourist takes pictures with monkeys at the annual Monkey Buffet Festival in Lopburi, Thailand, Nov. 28, 2021.

A monkey and its baby sit on the shoulders of a tourist at the annual Monkey Buffet Festival in Lopburi, Thailand, Nov. 28, 2021.

Monkeys are seen at the annual Monkey Buffet Festival in Lopburi, Thailand, Nov. 28, 2021.

A monkey carries its baby at the annual Monkey Buffet Festival in Lopburi, Thailand, Nov. 28, 2021.

A man feeds a Thai snack made of sugar to monkeys at the annual Monkey Buffet Festival, Lopburi, Thailand, Nov. 28, 2021.

A baby monkey drinks water at the annual Monkey Buffet Festival, Lopburi, Thailand, Nov. 28, 2021.

Monkeys eat from an offering of fruit at the annual Monkey Buffet Festival in Lopburi, Thailand, Nov. 28, 2021.

A monkey carries its baby at the annual Monkey Buffet Festival in Lopburi, Thailand, Nov. 28, 2021.