FESTIVAL OF THE MONKEY

ISABELLA LAGOS
8-5
 ¿WHAT GOES ON AT FESTIVAL?

• THE FEAST CONSISTS IN FILLING THE TEMPLE PRANG

SAM YOT WITH FOUR TONS OF FOOD AND SWEETS SO
THAT THE MONKEYS OF THE PLACE CAN ENJOY IT.
• THE MONKEYS ENJOY THE BUFFET AT THEIR LEISURE
WHILE ACCOMPANYING THEM MUSIC SHOWS AND
CHOREOGRAPHIES OF PEOPLE DISGUISED AS MONKEYS.
• WITHOUT A DOUBT IT IS A VERY FUN PARTY IN WHICH
THE THAIS BRING OUT THE BEST GALAS, SINCE THEY
ARE CONVINCED THAT HONORING THE MONKEYS WILL
BRING THEM LUCK ALL YEAR ROUND.
 ¿WHY THIS FESTIVAL IS MADE?

• BECAUSE THEY ARE BELIEVED TO BE THE

DESCENDANTS OF THE GOD HANUMAN.
¿WHAT KIND OF FOOD MONKEYS CAN EAT?

• SMALL ANIMALS CAN ENJOY ALL KINDS OF FOOD: KILOS

AND KILOS OF FRUIT, VEGETABLES, HARD EGGS, ETC.
WITHOUT MENTIONING THE INCREDIBLE
PRESENTATION OF THE DISHES.
 ¿WHERE AND WHEN DOES THE
CELEBRATION TAKE PLACE?
• IN THE TOWN OF LOPBURI THAILAND , EVERY
NOVEMBER TAKES PLACE THIS FESTIVAL IN WHICH WE
ENVY A LITTLE THE MONKEYS.