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In 1950, Phra Lak Phra Ram manuscripts were found that proved Laos had preserved four unknown local versions of Ramayana. [15] Several texts have been uncovered at Vat Phra Kèo in Vientiane, Vat Kang Tha in Ban Bo Ô, Ban Naxone Tay, Ban Hom, and Vat Nong Bon, in Laos; Roi Et in Thailand, now housed in Bangkok; and a manuscript of the ...
Phra Lak Phra Lam is named after two principal characters, the brothers Phra Lak, or Lakshaman, and Phra Lam, or Rama. The emphasis of the story is on selflessness and brotherly love in the Lao version, making it traditionally classified among the Jataka tales although the story also had great significance in the royal court as a dance-drama.
For instance, the Ramayana has been expressed or interpreted in Lkhaon Khmer dance theatre, in the Ramanattam and Kathakali of Kerala, in the Mappila Songs of the Muslims of Kerala and Lakshadweep, [6] in the Indian operatic tradition of Yakshagana, and in the epic paintings still extant on, for instance, the walls of Thailand's Wat Phra Kaew ...
The most culturally and religiously significant sculpture in Laos today is the Phra Bang a gold statue from which the city of Luang Pra Bang takes its name. According to legend the Phra Bang was cast in Ceylon , transferred to the Khmer Empire and then came north to Lan Xang at the request of Fa Ngum's Khmer queen.
Phra Ram and Nang Sida fall in love at first sight before an archery contest. A hunchback named Kucci (Manthara) instigates the queen to ask for the banishment of Phra Ram. He sets off to live in the forest with Nang Sida and his brother Phra Lak, where they meet Sammanakha (Surpanakha) who took on the form of a beautiful maiden. She tries to ...
Phra Lak Phra Ram; Phra Mae Thorani; T. The Twelve Sisters; V. Vessantara Festival; Vessantara Jātaka This page was last edited on 8 March 2024, at 21:41 (UTC). Text ...
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 ...
Phra That Si Song Rak It is located on the Man River in Dan Sai district , Loei province of modern-day Thailand , 30 kilometers (20 miles) from the modern Thailand-Laos border. The name means "Stupa of Love from the Two Nations".