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    December 5, 2022
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Monkeys in central Thailand
city mark their day with feast
By Tian Macleod Ji
The Associated Press
L
OPBURI, Thailand — A meal fit for
monkeys was served in late
November at the annual Monkey
Feast Festival in central Thailand.
Amid the morning traffic, rows of
monkey statues holding trays were lined
up outside the compound of the Ancient
Three Pagodas, while volunteers prepared
food across the road for real monkeys —
the symbol of Lopburi province, around 93
miles north of Bangkok.
Throngs of macaque monkeys ran
around, at times fighting with each other,
while the crowds of visitors and locals
grew.
As the carefully prepared feast was
brought toward the temple, the ravenous
creatures began to pounce and were soon
devouring the largely vegetarian spread.
While the entertainment value of the
festival is high, organizers are quick to
point out that it is not just monkey
business.
“This monkey feast festival is a
successful event that helps promote
Lopburi’s tourism among international
tourists every year,” said Yongyuth
Kitwatanusont, the festival’s founder.
“Previously, there were around 300
monkeys in Lopburi before increasing to
nearly 4,000 nowadays. But Lopburi is
known as a monkey city, which means
monkeys and people can live in harmony.”
Such harmony could be seen in the lack
of shyness exhibited by the monkeys,
which climbed on to visitors, vehicles, and
lampposts. At times the curious animals
looked beyond the abundant feast and took
an interest in other items.
“There was a monkey on my back as I
was trying to take a selfie. He grabbed the
sunglasses right off my face and ran ... to
the top of a lamppost and was trying to eat
them for a while,” said Ayisha Bhatt, an
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PRIMATE PARTY. Monkeys enjoy fruit during
the annual Monkey Feast Festival in Lopburi province,
Thailand, on November 27, 2022. As the carefully
prepared feast was brought toward Ancient Three Pa-
godas, the ravenous creatures began to pounce and
were soon devouring the largely vegetarian spread.
(AP Photo/Chalida EKvitthayavechnukul)
English teacher from California working
in Thailand.
The delighted onlookers were largely
undeterred by the risk of petty theft,
although some were content to exercise
caution.
“We have to take care with them, better
leave them to it. Not too near is better,”
said Carlos Rodway, a tourist from Cadiz,
Spain,
having
previously
been
unceremoniously treated as a climbing
frame by one audacious monkey.
The festival is an annual tradition in
Lopburi, the provincial capital, and held as
a way to show gratitude to the monkeys for
bringing in tourism. This year’s theme is
“monkeys feeding monkeys,” an antidote
to previous years where monkey
participation had decreased due to high
numbers of tourists, which intimidated the
animals.
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IANJUR, Indonesia — Enjot was
tending his cows in the hills near
his home when the earth shook.
The 5.6-magnitude earthquake killed
more than 268 people, including 11 of
Enjot’s family members. His sister-in-law
and her two children were hurt, among the
hundreds injured in the quake.
Now, Enjot is visiting his hospitalized
loved ones and trying to rebuild his
shattered life, one of thousands of
Indonesians reeling from the disaster.
“My life has suddenly changed,” said
Enjot, 45, who goes by one name like many
Indonesians. “I have to live with it from
now on.”
The epicenter of the quake was just
south of Enjot’s hometown, Cianjur, about
a three-hour drive from the capital,
Jakarta. After getting a call from his
daughter, Enjot hopped aboard his
motorbike and raced home, arriving
within a few minutes to see his
neighborhood flattened.
“Men, women, and children cried while
people who were trapped in the collapsed
houses were screaming for help,” he
recalled. “I saw terrible devastation and
heart-rending scenes.”
His sister-in-law and her children, who
were visiting from a nearby village, were
among the more fortunate. Others heard
their screams from the rubble and pulled
them out.
The woman and children suffered severe
head injuries and broken bones and were
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