FESTIVAL HIGHLIGHTS: 150 dancers perform the Ramakien(Thai Ramayana) | World Culture Festival | Art of Living Anniversary

A form of silent theater from Thailand, this Khon performance features an episode from the first episode of Ramakien, the Thai epic adapted from the Ramayan.

Country of Origin: Thailand
No.of artists: 150

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10 responses to “FESTIVAL HIGHLIGHTS: 150 dancers perform the Ramakien(Thai Ramayana) | World Culture Festival | Art of Living Anniversary”

อดิศักดิ์ สาศิริ
October 21, 2019
Good show and Nice performance
Than Arounrainbow
October 21, 2019
Good! A form of Thai silent theater after Cambodia
Sasi Vasu
October 21, 2019
JAI GURU DEV
CITY CENTRE KOLLAM
VK, SASI
nitaae nitaaae
October 21, 2019
Thanks Thai from hindus
jeang toch
October 21, 2019
Thia copy Cambodia not Cambodia copy Thia
Roberto
October 21, 2019
Beautiful
พิพัฒน์ แปลว่าเจริญ
October 21, 2019
The Ramayana, holy revered text of Hindus, is believed by many archaeologists and historians to be a collection of stories from Hindu legend concentrating on the work of the gods in the lives of men, and was first written down, as legend states, in the forests of India by Valmiki in the fourth century BC. Nevertheless, the Ramayana came to Southeast Asia by means of Indian traders and scholars who traded with the Khmer kingdoms (such as Funan and Angkor) and Srivijaya, with whom the Indians shared close economic and cultural ties.
In the late first millennium, the epic was adopted by the Thai people. The oldest recordings of the early Sukhothai kingdom, dating from the thirteenth century, include stories from the Ramayana legends. The history of the legends was told in the shade theater , a shadow-puppet show in a style adopted from Indonesia, in which the characters were portrayed by leather dolls manipulated to cast shadows on a nearby screen while the spectators watched from the other side.
The Thai version of the legends were first written down in the eighteenth century, during the Ayutthaya kingdom, following the demise of the Sukhothai government. Most editions, however, were lost when the city of Ayutthaya was destroyed by armies from Burma (modern Myanmar) in the year 1767.
The version recognized today was compiled in the Kingdom of Siam under the supervision of King Rama I (1726–1809), the founder of the Chakri dynasty, which still maintains the throne of Thailand. Between the years of 1799 and 1807, Rama I supervised the writing of the well-known edition and even wrote parts of it. It was also under the reign of Rama I that construction began on the Thai Grand Palace in Bangkok, which includes the grounds of the Wat Phra Kaew, the Temple of the Emerald Buddha. The walls of the Wat Pra Kaew are lavishly decorated with paintings representing stories from the Ramakien.
Rama II (1766–1824) further adapted his father's edition of the Ramakien for the khon drama, a form of theater performed by non-speaking Thai dancers with elaborate costumes and masks. Narrations from the Ramakien were read by a chorus to one side of the stage. This version differs slightly from the one compiled by Rama I, giving an expanded role to Hanuman, the god-king of the apes, and adding a happy ending.
Since its introduction to the Thai people, the Ramakien has become a firm component of the culture. The Ramakien of Rama I is considered one of the masterpieces of Thai literature. It is still read, and is taught in the country's schools.
In 1989, Satyavrat Shastri translated the Ramakien into a Sanskrit epic poem (mahakavya) named Ramakirtimahakavyam, in 25 sargas (cantos) and about 1200 stanzas in 14 metres. This work won eleven national and international awards.
Khmer culture has ended since the fall of Angkor.
Khmer is a Thai colony for 400 years.Originally, the Chao Phraya River was a Dvaravati kingdom have a culture of their own Khmer can overcome the dvaravati
at that time, Khmer culture was sent to people in the Chao Phraya River, such as the Prang but after the kingdom of Ayutthaya. Khmer is a colony of Siam
since then, Khmer people have used Thai culture many cultures were built during Ayutthaya period
Ayutthaya culture from many countries such as India, China, Sri Lanka, Japan, Persia, Java, Malawi
Ayutthaya has developed those things become a wholesome Thai culture such as conical hat of Persia Was developed into a Jada stupa of Sri Lanka even the Khmer prang was developed into a Thai prang
there are many fine Thai cultures in the Ayutthaya period such as Khon Thai style castle squared-based stupa with indented corners
these cultures were sent to Khmer because Khmer was a Thai colony for 400 years
even talking in the palace also requires Thai.
puote of the Cambodian princess and the people in the Khmer palace

Can see from sculpture of Angkor Wat It is very different from the present Can not be linked Thai has evolved since Sukhothai, Ayutthaya, Thonburi, Bangkok. cambodia can not create anything in the dark ages and the quality of work today.
https://www.posttoday.com/world/563045
Quality of work

Let's see the comments.

https://books.google.co.th/books?id=99H_tpN_iVkC&printsec=frontcover&dq=the+historical+foundations+of+world+order&hl=th&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi7qZycnt3dAhWHPo8KHU9rAd0Q6AEIGzAA#v=onepage&q=siam%20400&f=false Although not completely colonized was completely in the reign of King Rama 5 but it is considered under Thai rule total time colony , under the rule of Thai is 400 year
The first capital of Thai is Sukhothai since Sukhothai, Thai is over 700 years old enough for creating a culture and send to the colonies If you go back to see your Angkor you will be able to know that it
You can also see more details one of the comments of the Americans his text contains references written by Japan, France and many other countries These documents indicate that Cambodian culture currently influences Siam.
https://www.quora.com/Is-Thailand-trying-to-underplay-the-Khmer-influence-on-its-culture
Sample English Documents support some parts France
The first detailed European record of khon and other Thai classical dances was made during the Ayutthaya Kingdom. The tradition and styles employed are almost identical to the Thai traditions we still see today. Historical evidence establishes that the Thai art of stage plays were already perfected by the 17th century. Louis XIV, the Sun King of France, had a formal diplomatic relation with Ayutthaya's King Narai. In 1687, France sent the diplomat Simon de la Loubère to record all that he saw in the Siamese Kingdom and its traditions. In his famous account Du Royaume de Siam, La Loubère carefully observed the classic 17th century theatre of Siam, including an epic battle scene from a khon performance, and recorded what he saw in great detail
The Siamese have three sorts of Stage Plays: That which they call Cone [khon] is a figure dance, to the sound of the violin and some other instruments. The dancers are masked and armed, and represent rather a combat than a dance. And though every one runs into high motions, and extravagant postures, they cease not continually to intermix some word. Most of their masks are hideous, and represent either monstrous Beasts, or kinds of Devils. The Show which they call Lacone is a poem intermix with Epic and Dramatic, which lasts three days, from eight in the morning till seven at night. They are histories in verse, serious, and sung by several actors always present, and which do only sing reciprocally…. The Rabam is a double dance of men and women, which is not martial, but gallant … they can perform it without much tyring themselves, because their way of dancing is a simple march round, very slow, and without any high motion; but with a great many slow contortions of the body and arms.
Of the attires of Siamese khon dancers, La Loubère recorded that: hose that dance in Rabam, and Cone, have gilded paper-bonnets, high and pointed, like the Mandarins caps of ceremony, but which hang down at the sides below their ears, which are adorned with counterfeit stones, and with two pendants of gilded wood."
La Loubère also observed the existence of muay Thai and muay Lao, noting that they looked similar (i.e., using both fists and elbows to fight), but the hand-wrapping techniques were different.
The accomplishment and influence of Thai art and culture, developed during the Ayutthaya Period, on neighboring countries was evident in the observation of Captain James Low, a British scholar of Southeast Asia, during the early Rattanakosin
"The Siamese have attained to a considerable degree of perfection in dramatic exhibitions — and are in this respect envied by their neighbours the Burmans, Laos, and Cambojans who all employ Siamese actors when they can be got.
Burma admits get the khon from Thai.

You can read these articles from the links that Americans attach in his article some things may not but you will see something similar.
https://www.quora.com/Is-Thailand-trying-to-underplay-the-Khmer-influence-on-its-culture
Please study the dark ages of cambodia and accept the truth.
BNK หน้าหี
October 21, 2019
cambodia copy Thai Thailand number1
จิ้งจอก ถ้ําไม้
October 21, 2019
ผ้าปูอลังการมาก
Oudom Moeun
October 21, 2019
You copy from Cambodia. Has