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Lburi, Thailand is famous for its monkeys. Every year, on the last Sunday in November, the Lburi Inn, a local hotel, sponsors a festival just for the resident macaque monkeys, and there are lots of them. For the Thai people, monkeys are very important; they believe that a monkey called Hanuman helped them in the past. We believe that Hanuman never died, so he's a symbol of, uh, prosperity and, uh, good, good luck. The monkeys even walk around right next to the people every day. The people from the town bring the monkeys food, but on the day of the festival, they bring a lot of food. The people watch while the monkeys eat all the food; even the statues of monkeys get food and a bottle of water.
The sponsor of all this monkey business, Mr. Young Ute, knows how to make an entrance. The first goal of the festival is to bring food to the monkeys. The, the second, uh, for the tourist. Every year, a lot of people, many people, to Lburi for the see the monkey party. The monkeys are very naughty; they eat and play all day, and they never take a nap. You never get them to sit still, that's for sure. I was kneeling down, taking a picture of a monkey, and all of a sudden, the monkeys wiped my, my sunglasses off.
The monkeys are a problem for the tourists, and they are also a problem for the people of Lburi. I just frighten the monkeys; I don't kill them. Thai people like monkeys; they are not dangerous, but they sometimes cut the electrical and telephone cables; that is the problem. But the people of Lburi are happy to live with the monkeys; they like the monkeys, and they give them food every day. The monkeys even take food from people's hands. People also wear costumes and decorate the city. When people come to visit here, you could see the smile on their face, n a bigger than than sure; the people love the monkey party.