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Thai Khon stresses realistic dance moves, especially the monkey, which focuses on beauty and fine monkey-like dancing postures. Khon training is begun at a very young age, so that the performer can become flexible enough to do back flips, especially by the Vanara (forest dwellers or monkey) character.
Khon is a traditional Thai dance focused on classical masks. This type of dance developed in the seventeenth century as a hybrid of Hindu military rituals and Thai martial arts. Khon focuses on the Ramakian epic, a version of the Ramayana story telling of Rama, an avatar of the Hindu God Vishnu, and his wife Sita who is abducted by the demon ...
Today, it is best known for traditional performances, especially of the khon masked dance. The theatre was built from 1960 to 1965, beginning under the supervision of Luang Wichit Wathakan , the prolific author and playwright who contributed much to the development of Thai nationalist discourse during the mid-20th century.
Nang yai (Thai: หนังใหญ่, pronounced [nǎŋ jàj]) is a form of shadow play found in Thailand. Puppets are made of painted buffalo hide, while the story is narrated by songs, chants and music. [1] Nang means "leather" ("leather puppet" in this case), and in common usage refers to a dance-drama shadow puppet show.
Masked dancers about to perform a khon dance-drama based on the Phra Lak Phra Ram. Khon (ໂຂນ [[kʰǒːn]] ) is the most stylised of the Lao dance-dramas, with troupes of male and female dancers in elaborate costumes and masks performing very graceful movements demonstrating their great flexibility, and very common dance-drama form for the ...
His son, Rama II, rewrote some parts of his father's version for khon drama. The work has had an important influence on Thai literature, art and drama (both the khon and nang dramas being derived from it). While the main story is similar to that of the Dasaratha Nataka, differences in some tales still prevail. Many other aspects were transposed ...
Hun lakhon lek (Thai: หุ่นละครเล็ก, pronounced [hùn lā.kʰɔ̄ːn lék]) is a type of traditional small Thai puppet which uses three puppeteers working together to produce a character with more mobility and lifelike movement.
Kon Khon (Thai: คนโขน) is a 2011 Thai film by Sarunyoo Wongkrachang.It concerns a love triangle involving three rival Khon dancers The film was selected as the Thai entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 84th Academy Awards, [1] [2] [3] but it did not make the final shortlist.