1. The Monkey Buffet is an annual celebration held in Lopburi, Thailand where hundreds of wild monkeys are fed by tourists and locals.
2. The tradition began in the late 1990s when a local shop owner started feeding groups of monkeys in the area to thank them for bringing tourism to Lopburi.
3. Now, over 1,000 monkeys now gather daily for the buffet, eating rice, fruits, nuts, and snacks provided by people who are often surprised but not frightened by the monkeys climbing on them.
1. The Monkey Buffet is an annual celebration held in Lopburi, Thailand where hundreds of wild monkeys are fed by tourists and locals.
2. The tradition began in the late 1990s when a local shop owner started feeding groups of monkeys in the area to thank them for bringing tourism to Lopburi.
3. Now, over 1,000 monkeys now gather daily for the buffet, eating rice, fruits, nuts, and snacks provided by people who are often surprised but not frightened by the monkeys climbing on them.
1. The Monkey Buffet is an annual celebration held in Lopburi, Thailand where hundreds of wild monkeys are fed by tourists and locals.
2. The tradition began in the late 1990s when a local shop owner started feeding groups of monkeys in the area to thank them for bringing tourism to Lopburi.
3. Now, over 1,000 monkeys now gather daily for the buffet, eating rice, fruits, nuts, and snacks provided by people who are often surprised but not frightened by the monkeys climbing on them.
1. The Monkey Buffet is an annual celebration held in Lopburi, Thailand where hundreds of wild monkeys are fed by tourists and locals.
2. The tradition began in the late 1990s when a local shop owner started feeding groups of monkeys in the area to thank them for bringing tourism to Lopburi.
3. Now, over 1,000 monkeys now gather daily for the buffet, eating rice, fruits, nuts, and snacks provided by people who are often surprised but not frightened by the monkeys climbing on them.
Before you watch 3 Watch the video. Write down the items from 7.5 Exercise 2 which the video mentions. 1 Match the photos with the words in the box.
decorations float mischievous stall
4 Watch the video up to 01:15. Are the sentences
7.5 T (true) or F (false)? Correct the false sentences. 1 The Monkey Buffet happens in Lopburi, Thailand.
2 The Monkey Buffet began in 1998.
3 A shop manager organised the first one.
1 4 He did it because he wanted to say thank you to the tourists.
5 Monkeys are all over Thailand and are very
important to the Thai people. 2
5 Watch the video from 01:15 to the end and
7.5 complete the sentences. 1 Ling is the Thai word for monkey, it also describes a naughty s . 2 Monkeys are sometimes annoying, but they are 3 also f and fun. 3 At the Monkey Buffet the monkeys eat rice, fruit, nuts and s . 4 Tourists said they were surprised but not frightened when the monkeys c on them. 5 At the Monkey Buffet there is also dancing and m . 4 After you watch 2 Have you been to any celebrations related to any 6 Discuss the questions below with a partner. of the things in the box below? Write down your 1 Would you like to go to the Monkey Buffet in ideas and share them with a partner. Lopburi? Why? / Why not? food music fireworks animals floats 2 What do you think it is like living in a place with so many monkeys?