Traditional dances in Thailand

Thai dances are very interesting where you will see lots of colors and enthusiasm. In Thailand there are various occasions where you can enjoy a lot. Thai people love enjoyment. They want to find happiness in every possible way. There are some types of traditional Thai dances which are very popular among the local people. Some of the names are randomly selected:

Khon: This is a conventionalized variety of Thai dance. In this type of Thai dances the performer mimes the whole action while the story is being sung by other singers in background. The dancers of the show usually wear intricate dresses and also masks to depict different characters. Some of characters can be mentioned as humans, monkeys, demons and also celestial organisms. Muscular exertion is necessary in this Khon dance. The Khon dancers find their story from Ramakien. This is the Thai version of Ramayana i.e. the Indian epic.

Fawn Thai: This is a form of folk dance where you can also enjoy the use of folk music. There are five classic style in this fawn Thai and these are Fawn Leb i.e. fingernails dance from the place Chiang Mai. The second one can be named as Fawn Ngiew which is scarf dance from Chiang Rai. Third one is Fawn Marn Gumm Ber i.e. butterfly dance. Fourth one is Fawn Marn Mong Kol i.e. happy dance and the fifth one is Fawn Tian i.e. candle dance.

Lakhan: This is less formal dance and here the dancers do not wear masks. Lakhan dance movements where the hands and upper torso moves are really graceful and also sensual. All the dancers are female and they perform as a group rather than performing as an individual dancer. In Lakhan also, they take the story ideas from Ramakien and the Jatakas. These are all folk stories and some are taken from the lives of Gautam Buddha.

Manohra Dance: This type of traditional Thai dance is unique to the south. This is mainly a dance drama where we can see the love story between Kinnari Manohra and Prince Suthon. Kinnari Manohra was a half bird and half woman kind. The story is very pathetic where the unprincipled court members of prince advised him to sacrifice Manhra into fire to save his own life when he is at war.

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