The Monkey Buffet Festival is held annually in Lopburi, Thailand. In 2007, the festival included giving fruits and vegetables to the local monkey population of 2,000 in Lopburi Province north of Bangkok.The festival was described as one of the strangest festivals by London's Guardian newspaper along with Spain's baby-jumping festival. A photograph from the Monkey Buffet Festival at Pra Prang Sam Yot temple in Lopburi Province shows a monkey trying to get at fresh fruits and vegetables embedded in blocks of ice.

Lop Buri city is about 150 km north of Bangkok, experiencing many different kingdoms so there are many temple ruins. But the interesting thing that attracts visitors to this city is the thousands of monkeys living freely throughout the city. In Lop Buri, monkeys are free to wander around, provided with food and drink and free to tease visitors. Monkeys here are protected by the state. People must not attack or repel them. They are fed daily in three areas, but often feed themselves by stealing people's food