Thailand’s southern traditional Nora dance with the signature long and curly metal fingernail tips, has been listed by UNESCO among this year’s intangible heritages.
Nora dance became the third UNESCO-listed Thai intangible heritage, following Khon dance in 2018, and traditional Thai massage in 2019.
According to UNESCO, “Nora is a lively and acrobatic form of dance theatre and improvisational singing from southern Thailand. Performances normally include a long oral invocation, followed by a presentation by a lead character who dances with vigorous and elaborate movements of the legs, arms and fingers. The performances are usually based on stories about the former lives of Buddha or about legendary heroes.”
Other Southeast Asia’s intangible heritages listed this year include Xoe dance of the Tai people in Vietnam, Indonesia’s gamelan, and Songket woven fabric in Malaysia.
The original news can be found HERE.
Add Comment