Customs at Lopburi Monkey Buffet Festival in Kafuri, Thailand

Lopburi is one of the oldest cities in Thailand and has always been known as the Monkey City. There are now more than 2000 monkeys living around Lopburi, of which more than 600 still settle in the city. The city is proud of monkeys. These monkeys are said to have been gifts from the Indian god Rama when he handed the area over to the monkey king Hanuman hundreds of years ago.