Music in Thailand
Thailand has a rich culture that dates back many centuries. It can trace its origins to India, a renowned French scientist Georges Coedes included Indianized Thailand among the countries of Southeast Asia. However, cultural influences, although it originates from the subcontinent, entered the country through Burma, the Khmer empire, a kingdom of Srivijaya in the south.
Thais are proud of their cultural achievements, and with reason. But to appreciate Thai culture right some knowledge of the korisno.Knjižara at Silpakorn Fine Arts University has an excellent range of literature on this subject, and if you want to engage a guide or go on a sightseeing tourist authority of Thailand (TAT) can pomoći.Sljedeće lines offer a brief Introduction.
There are two important influence on Thai culture. One budizam.Druga the Ramayana, the Hindu epic poem written in Sanskrit between 500 and 100 BC, the sage Valmiki.Ep eventually spread to Indonesia, Cambodia, Thailand and Laos, and King Rama I wrote a version called Ramakien. Themes from the epic are present in the Thai murals and Thai classical dance.
Thai Dance Thai Classical Dance (lakhon) was originally performed only by the royal court, but can now be seen in theaters (especially the National Theatre) and is often performed at weddings and other celebrations, as well as in tourist restaurants.
the entire Ramakien would take several days to perform, and perform normally consists of only one epizode.Zbor and storytellers to recite the story with music pratnju.Plesači tell the story through the use of stylized gestures and postures, and their movements are very slow. They hold your body straight from neck to hips, and them move up and down with your knees bent stretching to the rhythm. Their brocaded costumes reminiscent of dress worn by the fees and mythological figures in ancient wall paintings. Masks are worn by the figure, where demons and monkeys.
classical music
Thai classical music uses the sound system is different from western music, but those who are familiar with Indonesian gamelan music will find many similarities. Unlike Western music, which is a lot of tones and semitones in the octave, Thai music has eight note octave is composed of many tones.
Among the instruments are. Ranade, or Thai xylophone is usually slightly curved, and is reminiscent of a ship
drums (Glong) come in different shapes and sizes;. Shallow drum known as a ram Mana
kawng the gong. One common variation is kawng Wong Yai, which is a series of gongs (Kong) was suspended in a circular frame
saw a stringed instrument that is played with a bow. The body consists of half a coconut shell.
Ching are the cymbals.
bamboo pipes (pee) is a type of oboe.
orchestra that accompanies the Thai classical dance performances, known as touch-orchestra usually includes Ranade, pee, Ching, kawng Wong Yai, and Glong.
