Fon Mooen Mai Fai Ngam (Beautiful Cotton Fabric Cloths)

Fon Mooen Mai Fai Ngam (Beautiful Cotton Fabric Cloths)

Fon Mooen Mai Fai Ngam (Beautiful Cotton Fabric Cloths) is the new dance that creates by ChiangMai College of Dramatic Arts. This dance showed the old Lanna ChiangMai life style such as costume, cigarette, step of cotton weaving, dance gesture etc. Young boy and young girl dancers to perform by happiness.

Fon Dhab or Swords dance

Fon Dhab or Swords dance

Fon Dhab or Swords dance Performing arts martial movements with the swords. This dance shown in the north of Thailand. By the performers will stride forward, backward, turn left, right, in the manner of a careful, careful couple fight. The other hand to hold the sheath in the parry, have since ancient times. The music use Lanna drums instrument such as Pu Je drum, Chaiya Monkkol drum or Sabud Chai drum.

Fon Khan dok

Fon Khan dok

Fon Khan Dok or Khan Dok Dance is the show that aims to worship Phra Rattana Trai (The Buddhist Three Jewels it mean Buddha, Dharma and Monk). This dance of blessing expresses the calm and the peace in Lanna North of Thailand. The device consists of flowers and a wooden tray which is used to decorate the worship of Phra Rattana Trai  (Buddha, Dharma and Monk) in a religious ceremony, welcome guest , Lanna Thai ceremony or special occasions.

Phra Ram and Thotsakan in Combat

Phra Ram and Thotsakan in Combat

This is an episode from khon (masked dance-drama of the Ramakien, the Thai Ramayana.) It depicts the royal battle between Phra Ram (Rama) and his brother Phra Lak (Lakshmana) on the one side and Thorsakan (Ravana) the demon king of Krung Longka (Sri Lanka), on the other. Having scattered monkey warriors out of his path, Thotsakan confronts Phra Ram (Rama) and Phra Lak, and challenges them to individual combat, which the royal brothers accept without hesitation. Hanuman, the white monkey, also joins in the fray on Rama's side The battle is pursued in earnest, but after a short while, Thorsakan withdraws and retreats into Krung Longka (Sri Lanka) with his army of demons.

Credit: Fine Art Department, Thailand     

Hanuman Catches Nang Supanna Matcha

Hanuman Catches Nang Supanna Matcha

In this episode from the Khon (masked dance drama) perform of Ramakien (the Thai Ramayana), Supanna Matcha is the daughter of a fish and Thotsakan (Ravana), the demon king of Longka. Hence she has o form of mermaid, half woman and half fish. She rules the ocean as queen of the fish kingdom. When Phra Ram (Rama) orders his simian army to build a stone causeway from the mainland to the isle of Longka, Supanna Macha has the piled–up stones removed by her fish subjects. On learning of this fishy operation, Phra Ram sends Hanuman in pursuit of the culprit. The white monkey seeks out Supanna Matcha in the depth of the oceans and after capturing her, wins her over to his cause after an intensive courtship.

Credit : Fine Art Department, Thailand