The Lakhon Nok Creation of Manora, the Episode of Asking for Permission to Bathing at the Anodat Pond: An Inheritance and Adjustment
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This paper seeks to study how the lakhon nokproduction of Manora,the Episode of Asking for Permission to Bathing at the Anodat Pond, was created to preserve the convention of traditional dance-drama, as well as how it was adjusted to fit in a modern social context. The script, YouTube video and interviews were employed in the study to point out the transmission of traditional dance-drama conventions of the Fine Arts Department.
The results find that this new production of Manora builds on the Manora production of the Fine Arts Department from 1955. The court style of lakhon nok since the early Bangkok period was adopted and has been passed on, and then was adapted to make the performance more interesting. The production maintains the tradition of inserting beautiful and spectacular dance parts, namely, the bathing and dressing, the admiration of nature and the group dances. However, the adjustment of content, comic elements, the language in the lyrics and dialogue, as well as some features of the costumes to fit the contemporary period, is discernible. Such adjustment is a way of developing lakhon nok to remain alive and to be able to communicate with today’s audience.
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