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What is the traditional Thai dance?

1, Wang Nan Dance

Wang Nan dance, or circle dance, is a kind of folk group dance, originally belonging to the folk dance "Sheng" in northeast Thailand; After World War II, it swept the country. Wang Nan's dance is dignified, light and graceful. Men and women dance in pairs, step by step. The woman makes love to the man with her cheeks, upper body and arms, and the man protects her with his arms and dances around her.

Every movement of Wang Nan's dance is accompanied by corresponding music and songs. Famous songs include Good Moonlight, Hehehe, Moon in December and so on. Wang Nan Dance is also a popular ballroom dance for young men and women in Southeast Asian countries.

2. Candle dancers dance with bright candles in their hands, their bodies are bent and curled up, and their arms are bent and stretched into squares, similar to Burmese dance.

3. The main form of landa dance is that men and women dance while singing. For example, the performer of Boating Song needs to paddle and dance like Artemisia when singing.

The name of Teteng Dance is taken from the drum sound of this dance. Male dancers dance with female dancers on their backs, accompanied by percussion instruments such as xylophone, gong, cymbals and bells, and are in a warm and cheerful mood.

5. Bamboo pole dance is to put the bamboo pole flat on the ground or in a well shape. The pole holder collided with the bamboo pole, and the performer danced in the gap of the bamboo pole. The speed of bamboo pole attack changed from slow to urgent, the dance steps changed from simple to complex, and the mood was cheerful and lively.

6. "Sheng" is a famous folk dance in the northeast of Thailand, with a dance vocabulary of *** 19. "Sheng" originally means "jump", which is a general term for folk dance. It includes fishing dance, rice basket dance and so on. Show rural life scenes such as farmers delivering rice in fields, fishing in ponds and picking wild vegetables.

At the beginning of the dance, there was a prelude, and the performers danced and sang with the accompaniment of tambourines and lusheng. After that, men and women danced together and changed their movements with the rhythm of cymbals. This kind of dance has clear rhythm, free and easy steps and funny performances.

7. Nala dance is the oldest dance form in Thailand. In a broad sense, it refers to Tainan dance, and in a narrow sense, it refers to Luo Kun, which originated in the south. Nora dance is graceful, full of sculpture, delicate and changeable, full of rhythm, especially famous for her changeable arms.