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Khon (Thai: โขน, pronounced) is a dance drama genre from Thailand.Khon has been performed since the Ayutthaya Kingdom. [1]It is traditionally performed solely in the royal court by men in masks accompanied by narrators and a traditional piphat ensemble.
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 ...
Khon Rerng Muang (2002) - Mai Charoenpura and Art Supawatt Purdy; Khon Rerng Muang (2002) Kammtape Tua Noy (2003) - Pachrapa Chaichua and Shakrit Yamnam; Muang Dala (2003) - Phutanate Hongmanop and Phiyada Akkraseranee; Leurd kuttiya (2003) - Jesdaporn Pholdee and Phiyada Akkraseranee; Nang Fah Rai Peak Angel with no wings (2004) - Ann ...
Traditional Thai theatre includes various forms such as Khon (masked dance-drama), Nang (which encompasses shadow play, including Nang yai and Nang talung), Lakhon (classical dance-drama), Likay (folk theatre), Manora (classical dance-drama), and Hun (puppetry). Each of these forms has its own unique style, costume, and music.
They are also used in classical court dances in Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Sri Lanka and Thailand; such as khol, khon, the various forms of lakhon, as well as wayang wong dance drama. They feature a tall pointed shape, are made of gold or a substitute, and are usually decorated with gemstones.
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The Thai term, Taree (Thai: ตารี) borrowed from Melayu word, Tari [9] and being adopted specifically for Thai-Malays Traditional Dance e.g. Taree Kipas Dance Thai version. [10] The term drama in Thai word such as, Khon which is derived from Tamil word, Kon [11] (Tamil: கோன், romanized: kōṉ) [12] means "King and god, a king, a ...
It is also used to accompany traditional Thai theatrical and dance forms including khon (Thai: โขน) (masked dance-drama), lakhon (classical dance), and shadow puppet theater. Piphat in the earlier time was called phinphat. [1] [2] [3] It is analogous to its Cambodian musical ensemble of pinpeat and Laotian ensemble of pinphat.