Unesco award for shadow puppet troupe
A grand shadow puppet play troupe has won a prestigious international cultural award.
Ratchaburi's Wat Khanon troupe won the Contest for Better Practices in Communities' Intangible Cultural Heritage Revitalisation awarded by the Asia-Pacific Cultural Centre for Unesco.
The troupe was one of six winners."We recorded and submitted the troupe's grand shadow puppet play (known as nang yai) featuring an episode from the Ramakien," Office of National Culture Commission secretary-general Prissana Pongtadsirikul said yesterday. She described the shadow play as a valuable cultural heritage combining several art forms. The play uses elaborately carved leather puppets that perform to music and narration. There are just three grand shadow puppet play troupes still performing in Thailand. "The grand shadow puppet play is rare," Prissana said. The Wat Khanon troupe will be asked to stage a performance in Japan during an Asia-Pacific Cultural Centre for Unesco workshop in June.
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