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Performances are traditionally held in open spaces such as a lawn or village dirt space. A white cloth screen about 16 metres (52 ft) long and 6 metres (20 ft) high, with a decorated border, is stretched across the stage. Behind the screen, a bonfire is lit to project the puppets' shadows
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means "leather" ("leather puppet" in this case), and in common usage refers to a dance-drama shadow puppet show.
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Transmitting the Ramayana Epic from India to Southeast Asia and the West through Shadow Puppetry and Visual Art
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Irving Chan Johnson (1998), "Review: Shadows of Life: Nang Talung, Thai Popular Shadow Theatre". Sven Broman,
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in Thailand). The art form's traditions originated around the beginning of the 15th century.
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period and are mentioned in a poem called "Bunnovat Khamchan", written by the
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Mahanag sometime around the years 1751 to 1758, at the end of King
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performances were a popular means of entertainment during the
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in Thai records is from 1458, according to Brandon.
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Index

Nang drama

Thai
[nǎŋjàj]
shadow play
Thailand
Puppets
buffalo
hide
chants
Nang
nang talung
Pattalung
southern Thailand
Java
Malay Peninsula
India

Ramayana
Ramakien
Ayudhaya
Buddhist monk
Boromakot
piphat
that khon
central Thailand
Ratchaburi
eastern Thailand
Rayong Province
Nang talung

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