November 21, 201312 yr Very interesting thanks, but a little surprised at the lack of comments as every other poster on here claims to 'love' the culture! ponglang and ramwong are relatively modern.
November 27, 201312 yr Very interesting thanks, but a little surprised at the lack of comments as every other poster on here claims to 'love' the culture! ponglang and ramwong are relatively modern. Most of what is touted as "traditional Thai culture" nowadays can be traced back to the 1930s or so.
November 28, 201312 yr Very interesting thanks, but a little surprised at the lack of comments as every other poster on here claims to 'love' the culture! ponglang and ramwong are relatively modern.Most of what is touted as "traditional Thai culture" nowadays can be traced back to the 1930s or so. It doesn't matter, the problem with trad. dance is that as soon as it has been codified and engraved on blocks of stone, it loses its internal dynamic. It is important to constantly renew the spirit of an individual dance from generation to generation. At the same time, where possible, we should maintain a concept of what the original dance was all about. Something that was originally performed on a rice threshing floor changes completely if danced in a temple ... I taught trad dance in Europe for 18 years and had plenty of time to think about what was happening in 'Bal Folk' and other 'Trad dance' movements. Sent from my GT-S7500 using Tapatalk 2
November 29, 201312 yr Very interesting thanks, but a little surprised at the lack of comments as every other poster on here claims to 'love' the culture! ponglang and ramwong are relatively modern. I'm not surprised at all. Expats here can't see much further than the end of the bar they are sitting at. In Isaan: just the village dance, the same everywhere, so Thais aren't particularly interested either.
December 28, 201312 yr I like the dance with the monkey, I think its called Khon. If you know what is the meaning of this dance, pls let me know.
January 6, 201412 yr Author I like the dance with the monkey, I think its called Khon. If you know what is the meaning of this dance, pls let me know. Sorry for late. I've just came back from New Year trip. Happy New Year karlito7610. You can read about khon (โขน) from this website. http://www.artsonlocation.net/about_khon.html
January 12, 201412 yr Very interesting thanks, but a little surprised at the lack of comments as every other poster on here claims to 'love' the culture! ponglang and ramwong are relatively modern.The culture.It can be interpreted in many ways.
March 1, 201412 yr Some of them are quite relaxing to watch (I mean, Rabam Sukothai it's so nice) but some are pretty strange. Just an opinion
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