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Headline: Thai monkey festival returns as tourists finally come back to the country

Caption: PICTURE SHOWS: A woman makes her way past roving monkeys from her home during the annual at the Lopburi Monkey Festival in Thailand, on Sunday, Nov. 28, 2021. (Credit Image: © Andre Malerba/ZUMA Press Wire) Watched by tourists and locals, thousands of monkeys in Lopburi in central Thailand feasted on two tons of fruits and vegetables after the town's Monkey Festival resumed following a two-year hiatus caused by the pandemic. Hundreds of macaques, also known as long-tailed monkeys, were seen climbing on people and stacks of fruit, munching away on bananas and pineapples. The feast, which cost over 100,000 baht ($3,000), is an annual tradition for locals to thank the monkeys for doing their part in drawing in tourists to Lopburi, which is sometimes known as "Monkey Province."

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