Widely spread Thai Culture

Thai culture has wide spread popularity for which people from different parts of the globe come to spend some quality time here in this city. Thai people have rich culture where they show etiquette, respect towards elder person of the society and women, different festivals, etc. Some of the popular aspects of Thai culture are discussed below.

Traditional Thai Music: Traditional Thai music is a mixture of musical elements. The blending has been done with the help of Khmer, Chinese, and especially Indian. The instruments as well as melodies are included in the same list. And these are the reason why Thai music can also be called as derivative. Despite all these facts Thai music has emerged with its distinct form and thus it belongs to the musical ethnicity of South East Asia.

Likay: Likay was considered as originated from Muslim religious performances. Thai people adopted this and over a period of time this has become a comedy folk art. Common people enjoy it in accordance with singing and also dancing. Now a day likay is used to help in political moves. They incorporate political corresponds to their repertoires. In Bangkok, people don’t regard this likay as sophisticated but recently this has gained enough recognition and established itself as an art form.

Khon: Khon is one of the famous cultural shows in Thailand. Khon is actually masked drama that is widely enjoyed. This was first evolved in Siam. The route can be found somewhere in the folk dances of the rural areas of the country. The performers of this art form dress colorfully at the time of performance. They wear jeweled costumes. Men wear masks while women wear gold head dresses. Music can be enjoyed along with dances while songs and dialog are performed by an chorus.

Shadow Puppet Plays: Shadow puppetry is rarely seen in Thailand now a day. In south shadow puppetry is known as ‘Nang Yai’ and ‘Nang Thalung’. The later one is the more popular. Here the puppets are crafted from cow hide. Strings are usually attached to the puppets for movements. Music and dialogues accompany with the puppet dance. The dialogues are mostly comical. These days ‘Nang Yai’ has become uncommon. In this art form the puppets are larger in size than those of the other one ‘Nang Thalung’.