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	Nang Yai Shadow Puppet Drama and Performances, Wat Khanon, Ratchaburi, Thailand
		Nang Yai Shadow Puppets Theatre at Wat Thanon, Ratchaburi Province, Thailand
		The Nang Yai Shadow Puppet Drama at Wat Khanon was first established during the reign of King Chulalongkorn.
		To perform a puppet drama, the essential constituents are : a suitable venue (transparent screen and lighting), puppet figures, a musical ensemble, narrators and recitors, and of course the puppeteers and the story line.
	www.thaiwebsites.com /nangyai-shadowpuppets.asp (357 words)

	Drama Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Drama is also often combined with music and dance, such as in opera which is sung throughout, musicals which include spoken dialog and songs, or plays that have musical accompaniment, such as the Japanese Noh drama.
		Improvisational drama, a form of improvisational theatre, is drama that has no set script, in which the performers take their cues from one another and the situations (sometimes established in advance) in which their characters find themselves to create their own dialogue as they perform.
		Drama therapy is often considered an effective treatment for people who have had severe emotional and psychological problems, although it is important to note that the evidence to support therapeutic efficacy of Drama therapy is anecdotal rather than scientific.
	www.hallencyclopedia.com /topic/Drama.html (2310 words)

	Nang drama Summary
		Images of Thai classical drama are represented widely in advertisements and greeting cards in the form of souvenir dolls, ornamental khon masks, and miniature shadow puppets, while much-abbreviated performances are staged in restaurants for the benefit of foreign tourists.
		Nang is the traditional Thai shadow play, developed during the Ayutthaya period; it employed large, elaborately drawn figures or scenes, usually taken from the Ramakien, which were embossed on dried buffalo hide and painted.
		Nang drama or Nang Talung is a form of shadow play found in Thailand.
	www.bookrags.com /Nang_drama (1161 words)

	Nang Sbek Toch
		Nang sbek toch or in some regions in Cambodia is called ayang, nang kalun or nang thalong is a smaller version of nang sbek thom.
		Nang sbek toch unlike nang sbek thom has comic characters, therefore is based on stories regarding daily life and unlike nang sbek thom that serves a kind of religious significant -adoration art with modest characters.
		Nang sbek toch is accompanied by the pin-peat orchestra like for nang sbek thom, sbek poar, lakhon khol and robam boran khmer.
	www.angelfire.com /art/apsarakhmer/nang_sbek_toch.htm (463 words)

	Drama of Thailand
		The Khon marked drama is derived from Indian temple rituals and dancing and draws its story line from the Ramakian, the Thai version of the Indian epic Ramayana.
		During the Ayutthaya period, the khon was acted by accomplished male court retainers playing both male and female roles because until the 19th century the movements were throught too strenuous for women to perform.
		Beautifully fashioned nang talung figures are smaller than their nang yai counterparts and are often constructed to have one moveable part-an arm, a leg, or a chin.
	www.geocities.com /sunthai.geo/p7153/drama.htm (762 words)

	M a h i d o l U n i v e r s i t y - - - -
		The khon masked drama is derived from Indian temple rituals and dancing and draws its story line from the Ramakian, the Thai version of the Indian epic Ramayana.
		During the Ayutthaya period, the khon was acted by accomplished male court retainers playing both male and female roles because until the 19th century the movements were thought too strenuous for women to perform.
		Beautifully fashioned Nang Talung figures are smaller than their Nang Yai counterparts and are often constructed to have one moveable part-an arm, a leg, or a chin.
	www.mahidol.ac.th /thailand/drama.html (701 words)

	A wealth of art, Thailand
		Nang Yai or shadow theatre came to Thailand through the southern part of the country, from Malaysia and Indonesia.
		Nang Talung is another version of the shadow puppet but using much smaller puppet figures and is handled by a seated puppeteer.
		Nang Talung shadow theatre normally depicts folk tales with a raucous sense of humour which often lampoons current social or political situations.
	www.thailand-guide.org /wealth_of_art (1560 words)

	Thai Arts - Drama
		Lakhon dance drama is less formal and actors, with the exceptions of monkeys, ogres, and other non-human, non-celestial beings, do not wear masks.
		Lakhon Chatri is often seen at popular shrines, such as Bangkok's Lak Muang (City Pillar) where dancers are hired by supplicants whose wishes have been granted to perform for the shrine deity.
		In Nang Yai, intricately fashioned cowhide figures, some two metres stall, are held against a brilliant backlit white screen.
	sunsite.au.ac.th /thailand/Thai_Arts/drama.html (752 words)

	Amazon.com: Nang Nak: DVD: Intira Jaroenpura,Winai Kraibutr,Nonzee Nimibutr (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		NANG NAK tells the heartbreaking story of a loving husband and wife who are separated by war.
		"Nang Nak" is set in the late 1860s and is based on a Thai legend of the supernatural.
		"Nang Nak" (or "Ghost Wife") is set in the late 1860s and is based on a Thai legend of the supernatural.
	www.amazon.com /Nang-Nak-Intira-Jaroenpura/dp/B0007P0Y72 (1611 words)

	What is Nang Talung?
		Nang Talung (Southern Thai Shadow Puppet Theater) is a form of entertainment that uses the shadow as its principle device, the same as Nang Yai (literally, big puppets).
		Nang Talung (Southern Thai Shadow Puppet Theater) is a local form of entertainment of the Southern Thais.
		Nang Talung consists of: figures made from animal skin (cow or buffalo) that is traced over and then perforated into the shape of a human, an ogre, a god, or a hermit, in order to have them be the actors performing roles in a play.
	www.seasite.niu.edu /Thai/Sikaeo/intronang.html (571 words)

	Danang Travel Guide - All about Danang, Vietnam (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Da Nang officials would like to cash in on the mystique of China Beach, or My Khe as it is called locally, by positioning the area as an escape from modern-day stress.
		Still, gritty Da Nang tends to be passed over by foreigners in favor of the nearby coastal cities of Hoi An and Hue.
		It is bordered by Dien Ngoc Sea to the south and Da Nang to the north.
	www.danang-hotel.com /city_guides.php (2282 words)

	Thailand Handicrafts. Mango Wood Gifts.
		The most notable works of Thai literature are a version of the Ramayana called the Ramakien, written in part by Kings Rama I and Rama II, and the poetry of Sunthorn Phu.
		There is no tradition of spoken drama in Thailand, the role instead being filled by Thai dance.
		Nang drama, a form of shadow play, is found in the south.
	www.topcraftsthai.com (444 words)

	Theatre and Dance (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		As in Malaysia and Indonesia, shadow puppets in Thailand are carved from dried buffalo or cow hides (nang in Thai).
		The second tradition, nang yai (literally, 'big hide'), uses much larger cutouts, each bound to two wooden poles held by a puppet master; several masters (almost always male) may participate in a single performance.
		Nang yai is rarely performed nowadays because of the lack of trained nang masters and the expense of the shadow puppets.
	www.chiangmaihandicrafts.com /thaiculture/ThaiandLocalCulture/TheatreandDance.htm (1087 words)

	Thai culture
		Nang Thalung is the more popular of the two where puppets crafted from cow hide have strings attached for better character movements.
		Meanwhile, Nang Yai have become rather rare these days and the puppets are larger in size than those of the Nang Thalung.
		Khon masked drama evolved in the royal court of Siam, although its roots lies in folk dances of the countryside.
	members.tripod.com /nut_88/pages/thai_culture.htm (272 words)

	Sweet 18 - DramaWiki
		Sweet 18 (Nang Rang 18 Seh) covers this very premise and the story begins when Kwon Hyuk-joon's grandfather, the head of the traditional Kwon family agrees to an arranged marriage between his grandson (Lee Dong Gun) and Yoon Jung-sook (Han Ji Hye) when Yoon Jung-sook is born.
		What I really loved about this drama that set it apart from traditional comedies is the overlapping themes that demonstrate the strength of culture, family, and love.
		As with most korean dramas, the latter part of the drama tends to slow down and come to a tapered halt.
	wiki.d-addicts.com /Sweet_18 (747 words)

	Thai music Thai drama Thai traditional dance Thai music Thai drama Thai traditional dance
		The size of the instrumental ensemble was enlarged to 12 musicians and several masterpieces of Thai literature were produced as theatrical performances accompanied by music.
		Two neglected dramatic forms are nang yai shadow play and hun marionettes, both regular forms of entertainment in Ayutthaya.In nang yai, intricately fashioned cowhide figures, some two meters tall, are held against a brilliant backlit white screen.
		Beautifully fashioned nang lalung figures are smaller than their nang yai counterparts and are often constructed to have one moveable part-an arm, a leg, or a chin.
	www.thailandtraveltours.com /thaimusic-thaidrama-thaidance-thaitraditionalmusicdramaclassicaldance.htm (1716 words)

	ipedia.com: Culture of Thailand Article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		The most notable works of Thai literature are a version of the Ramayana called the Ramakien, written in part by Kings Rama I and Rama II, and the poetry of Sunthorn Phu.
		There is no tradition of spoken drama in Thailand, the role instead being filled by Thai dance.
		Nang drama, a form of shadow play, is found in the south.
	www.ipedia.com /culture_of_thailand.html (577 words)

	Thailand Arts Drama :: ThailandGateway.Com
		Its court-derived stories are embellished with local references and anecdotes, and spontaneous dialogue is freighted with outrageous puns and double entendres.
		In Nang Yai, intricately fashioned cowhide figures, some two metres tall, are held against a brilliant backlit white screen.
		Bearers of the figures dance their parts, the movements of which were later to provide the pattern for Khon and Lakhon.
	www.thailandgateway.com /about_thailand/drama.html (662 words)

	Thailand Travel, Thailand Tour Package, Thailand Beach Resort
		Drama: Thai drama embraces also a dance, originating in the royal court.
		The most outstanding of Thai drama is "Khon", classical masked dance drama, characterized by the mask-wearing performers with their rhythmic, puppet-like movements.
		Music is played as an accompaniment in drama and dance and in religious ceremonies.
	www.siammedee.com /thailand/Thai_Cultures.htm (994 words)

	Puppets of Southeast Asia: Hun Krabok (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		The iconography is borrowed from the older court shadow theatre (nang yai) which already existed in 1458, and doll puppets of the royal court (hun luang) which began before the 17th century.
		Thai shadow puppetry is, itself, derived from the Cambodian court shadow puppetry (nang sbek), which was in turn influenced by Javanese shadow puppetry (wayang kulit).
		Headdresses used on puppets and in dance drama borrow their form from Buddhist temple architecture with the upward extension related both to the head of the enlightened Buddha and the mountain/tree of life's triangular form.
	vrcoll.fa.pitt.edu /uag/Past-Exhibitions/2004-Puppets-of-India/Hun-Krabok-General.htm (413 words)

	Ramakien Summary
		The work has had an important influence on Thai literature, art and drama (both the khon and nang dramas being derived from it).
		The history of the legends was told in the shade theater (Thai: หนัง, Nang), 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.
		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.
	www.bookrags.com /Ramakien (1384 words)

	Random House Academic Resources \| Semper Fi: Vietnam by Edward F. Murphy
		By 16 February the five-hundred-plus Marines of the 1st LAAM occupied positions surrounding the Da Nang air base.
		Naval warplanes from the carriers and ground-based aircraft from Da Nang headed north on 12 February under Operation Flaming Dart II.
		The 1st Battalion, 3d Marines would be airlifted directly to Da Nang soon after the arrival of BLT 3/9.
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		Bamboo Green Central Hotel was built in 1996, started operating in 1998 and is repaired annually.
		By taxi: 5 minutes to Danang International Airport or to the railway station.
		On foot: 5 minutes walk to Cham Museum, 10 minutes to Theatre Center, Tuong Theatre (Classical Drama Theatre).
	www.vietnamimpression.com /Da-Nang-City-vietnam/Bamboo-Green-Center-Hotel-hotel.asp (293 words)

	Nang nak - Moviefone (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
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	Projects Abroad: Conservation Projects in Thailand
		We work in partnership with Ao Nang Scuba Center which is accredited by both PADI and NAUI with fully qualified instructors and dive masters.
		The dive equipment shed is at the side of the house, this is where all the dive kit is organized before every dive day and where you wash and clean your dive kit at the end of a day's diving.
		The volunteer house is located about ten minutes drive inland from Ao Nang on the old Krabi to Ao Nang road.
	www.projects-abroad.org /projects/conservation/thailand.php (1062 words)

	Siam Classic - Samui’s premier Thai Dance Drama Show (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Nang Supan Macha - the daughter of the Giant King and Nang Pla - the Big Fish, try to prevent this by removing the building stones from the ocean oor.
		Manohra is a southern style and the oldest surviving Thai dance drama.
		The ‘Chatri’ is the prototype of all forms of Thai dance drama and is popular in southern Thailand.
	www.samuiclassic.com /thai_dance.html (1664 words)

	nang nak
		Set in the rural countryside of 19th century Thailand, NANG NAK focuses on the tragedies of Nak (Jaroenpura), a young wife and expectant mother who faces the untimely departure of her husband, Mak (Kraibutr).
		Meanwhile, Nak is forced to bring supernatural powers to preserve her family against torch-bearing villagers, Buddhist monks and a violent ghost banisher.
		Mixing elements of action, drama and mysticism, Nonzee Nimibutr probes the depths of grief and love in presenting this story of devotion that lives beyond the grave.
	www.asianamericanmedia.org /festival/2000/programs/nangnak.html (222 words)

	Thai Movies & Thailand Films Resources (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		The “NANG KAI YA" is a classification of the Thai Movies that were used as promotional items by herbal-medicine salesmen at temple gatherings.
		The "NANG LOM PHA" category of the Thai Movies was screened during feasts.
		The "NANG KLANG PLAENG" category of the Thai Movies was screened in open-air during specific events.
	www.chehrehnama.com /index.asp?PageAction=Custom&ID=46 (236 words)

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		Nang Sao Suwan accomplished was to prompt others to take an interest in film production in
		His films in the 1970s and 1980s were much like “nang farang” that influenced him and filled with social realism.
		One of those films was from the turbulent 1970s when pro-democracy demonstrations were repeatedly met with sharp over-reactions by the Thai military and police.
	www.notesfromhollywood.com /page.cfm?typeofsite=storydetail&id=875§ionid=7 (2358 words)

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