Khon
Sign in to saveKhon (, ) is a dance drama genre from Thailand. Khon has been performed since the Ayutthaya Kingdom. Born from the harmonious blend of traditional Thai performing arts, Khon has flourished into a distinctive cultural treasure of Thailand.
Key facts
- Performing art.name
- Khon
- Performing art.image
- Khon Thammasat 20090306 01.jpg
- Performing art.caption
- Khon performance at Thammasat University
- Performing art.medium
- Dance drama theatre
- Performing art.culture
- Thai
- Performing art.era
- Ayutthaya Kingdom
- Intangible heritage.ICH
- Khon, masked dance drama in Thailand
- Intangible heritage.State Party
- Thailand
- Intangible heritage.ID
- 01385
- Intangible heritage.Region
- APA
- Intangible heritage.Year
- 2018
- Intangible heritage.Session
- 13th
- Intangible heritage.List
- Representative
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Article
7 sectionsContents
- History
- Characters
- Khon language
- Performances
- Gallery
- See also
- References
Khon (, ) is a dance drama genre from Thailand. Khon has been performed since the Ayutthaya Kingdom. Born from the harmonious blend of traditional Thai performing arts, Khon has flourished into a distinctive cultural treasure of Thailand.
It is traditionally performed solely in the royal court by men in masks accompanied by narrators and a traditional piphat ensemble. A variation of this genre with female performers is called khon phu ying ().