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Nang Talung is the art of Aboriginal performing in southern Thailand. It is a kind of puppet The Thai shadow theater that previously, the spread of southern Thailand to other regions. He has great influence on people's lives rustic Thailand.

As in the past there were no movies, one of the most popular entertainment always enjoyed a multitude of people of Thailand was "Nang" puppet show or actions. This was later called "Nang Yai" (which literally means Puppet great ") and" Nang Lek "(which literally means" little puppet "), which was later called" Nang Talung. " These two types of traditional performances are always evident at the present time in some districts of Thailand. But it is not clear whether or Nang Nang Yai Talung arises first.

Nang Talung is the indigenous art show in southern Thailand. It is a kind of puppet Thai shadow theater that used to spread in southern Thailand to other regions. He has great influence on life hardy people of Thailand. Nang Talung uses shadow puppets in the operation. Since ancient times, this type of game has never been place in many civilized countries like Egypt, Greece, Turkey, India, Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand in particular in all parts of the nation. As time passed, he found that in southern Thailand. The provinces of Nakhon Sri Thammarat Pattalung and are the perfect places to see Talung Nang.

We Nang Talung originally believed the reign of King Rama V and appeared in the village of Baan Don Maprao in Pattalung. Thus, the Southerners called it "Nang Don" after the neighborhood in which he launched. Assume that it is now called "Nang Talung" becaused when he was done in Bangkok, the Bangkok people realized that it was Pattalung and continued to call it "Nang Pattalung" Later, the name was abbreviated as "Nang Thalung" and finally, it was shortened again to "Nang Talung. Even today, people Bangkok still call it that, but the Southerners abbreviate as "Nang Lung" or simply "Nang".

The Regional Performance Southern Thailand has been described from the episode of the epic Ramayana in India. It was gradually changed according to time and the preference of the audience, as its content, the hero, heroine and musical instruments while The Joker is a favorite artist among the spectators. The head of Nang Talung be sitting behind a backlit screen brilliantly white cloth. His duty is to provide dialogue for each puppet and also to tell the story while the game continues. Nang Talung is now very famous in the village festivals, temple fairs and celebrations such as weddings and ceremonies of ordination.

Each figure is made shadow plays Skin Good quality cow was dried and punched into different shapes. The figures are finely painted with natural dyes and resistant water. They are held in place by bamboo poles with movable mouth and HADS agreement with the narration. The room Nang Talung has a thatched roof and three walls. Each piece Nang Talung is manipulated with rods to control their movements and given life by the chief. He expresses his feelings about the puppets by prose and verse in the play. The puppets appear only in shadow on a white screen with light shining through from behind.

A Nan Talung troupe is composed of two main parts. One is "Nai Nang, the group leader that drives performance with simultaneous voice, narration. Another is the musicians who accompany the action of leaders. Performance may be a religious theme or the story of Ramayana. They also be especially made to include reflections on fashion, songs and poems about local events and current issues in the country. Currently, the company Nang Talung includes many members and more music than in the past that each party seeks to modernize Nang Talung and to their group so unique among the other troops.

Somewhat similar to target = "_blank"> Nang Nang Yai is Talung or shadow puppet Great. Nang Yai is designed as a traditional form of Thai drama that combines different art creations in a narcotic. In For visual arts, detailed design and develop traditional puppet is primarily driven by a master. Then, drawing is applied on a piece of leather and meticulously etched into the proportion almost lace. The pieces are mounted on sticks and given life by the master puppeteer, in a theatrical performance with a live Thai classical music ensemble and a singer to provide the narration.

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