South East Asian Dance Styles, Pictures and the names! Options

[Sirikittong]

For those who are interested in the different dance types of South East Asia (i.e. Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam, Laos, Malaysia, Indonesia, Brunei, the Philippines), I will be posting pictures of dance types in each country. Please be patient.


If any of you know any particular dance types in one S.E.A country, please help and post.

Let us keep this thread CLEAN and respectful. To understand our Thai culture and the cultures of our GREAT neighbours.




Kingdom of Thailand

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[Sirikittong]

Kingdom of Cambodia

(IMG:http://www.user-engineering.org/kurosu/topimage/X20%20Cambodian%20Dance.jpg)

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(IMG:http://www.blissweb.com/sets/photos/travel/cb/cb_dancer1_med.jpg)

(IMG:http://www.asian-festival.org/images/pictures/perform2.jpg)

[Sirikittong]

The Republic of the Philippines

[img]http://www.tufs.ac.jp/ts/society/yama$hita/image11.jpg[/img]

(IMG:http://www.camperspoint.com/IMG/jpg/singkil.1.0.jpg)

(IMG:http://www.philscottrust.co.uk/Sayaw%20sa%20Banko.jpg)

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(IMG:http://www.folkloricofilipino.com/images/folk-009.jpg)

(IMG:http://www.filipino-music.com/images/Jun_in_Singkil_Dance_--_FCDAS.jpg)

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[khaviet]

I saw the traditional dance of Philippines many times on Viet tv before. It looks great, and attracted me always from the beginning to the end.

About Thai dance, and Cambodian dance, i was acusstomed to them since i was little... They are great! I like a lot.

Thank you for the helpful thread.

Go on posting! (IMG:http://www.asiafinest.com/forum/style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif)

[crew]

Kingdom of Cambodia

(IMG:http://www.asian-festival.org/images/pictures/perform2.jpg)

This guy is obviously indian.

[khaviet]

This guy is obviously indian.

Yes i wondered the same why he looks so Indian. But then i thought yet it could happen. He is really Indian?

But he looks so lovely. (IMG:http://www.asiafinest.com/forum/style_emoticons/default/love2.gif)

[Viety Cent]

Wheres Vietnam and their dance dude?.............. (IMG:http://www.asiafinest.com/forum/style_emoticons/default/neartears.gif)

This post has been edited by Viety Cent: Nov 9 2005, 06:06 PM

[transtic]

Kingdom? of Vietnam? lol! :P

[Sirikittong]

The Socialist Republic of Vietnam
(former) Empire of Nam Viet


(IMG:http://www.adoptvietnam.org/vietnamese/tetcan-dance.jpg)

(IMG:http://www.qcc.mass.edu/brink/qcc/Gallery/SE_Asia_fest/images/Vietnamese%20Dance-se040208.jpg)

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Cham viet dance

[Viety Cent]

^ Dang (IMG:http://www.asiafinest.com/forum/style_emoticons/default/biggthumpup.gif) vietnam dances is so different from the rest of SEA ... (IMG:http://www.asiafinest.com/forum/style_emoticons/default/embarassedlaugh.gif)

I mean the ao dai style dresses for the little children and the woman......... and the colored fans ........

Surprised Cham is almost the same as Thai or Khmer dont u think...?

I luv all the SEA pics and dances... very unique and exotic .... definatly wat we need to spices up some SEA culture

[Sirikittong]

Yup. The reason why Vietnamese dance and outfits and culture is different from the rest of south east asia i.e, thailand, cambodia, burma, laos, philippines, indonesia etc is that vietnam is a highly sinocized country. The country was under chinese cultural/political domination for over a millenia and has been amalgamated to chinese philosophy. CHinese confucian idelogy, which is a trait shared by all sinosized countries such as Japan, Korea, China proper, Taiwan and Vietnam are evident. South east asian countries are primarily indic by culture. Our culture, dance arts and styles are that of Indian decent and are borrowed from India. Hence the term 'Indo-China'; literally the cross roads of the two great asian civilizations; India and China.

The reason why the cham dance is similar to that of the khmer and thai dance is that the cham were hindus and were a hindu kingdom of southern vietnam at the time; and its culture, arts etc were very similar to that of Angkor, Ayudhaya and Lan Xang.

Yes, Vietnam's dances are quintessentially Sinid in form, yet has its own distinct Kinh style. I do love vietnamese culture; its rather exotic.

[Viety Cent]

Sirikittong Posted Today, 07:20 PM
  Yup. The reason why Vietnamese dance and outfits and culture is different from the rest of south east asia i.e, thailand, cambodia, burma, laos, philippines, indonesia etc is that vietnam is a highly sinocized country. The country was under chinese cultural/political domination for over a millenia and has been amalgamated to chinese philosophy. CHinese confucian idelogy, which is a trait shared by all sinosized countries such as Japan, Korea, China proper, Taiwan and Vietnam are evident. South east asian countries are primarily indic by culture. Our culture, dance arts and styles are that of Indian decent and are borrowed from India. Hence the term 'Indo-China'; literally the cross roads of the two great asian civilizations; India and China.

The reason why the cham dance is similar to that of the khmer and thai dance is that the cham were hindus and were a hindu kingdom of southern vietnam at the time; and its culture, arts etc were very similar to that of Angkor, Ayudhaya and Lan Xang.

Yes, Vietnam's dances are quintessentially Sinid in form, yet has its own distinct Kinh style. I do love vietnamese culture; its rather exotic.

Yea I know bro .... Ive done my history already with chinese rule blah blah one thousand years...,,,,,,naval state , paying tribute , etc.....rebillions ....but still remain and perserve our culture and identity

Yes ur right .. it is Chinese confucian ideology as of Taoism, and Buddhism ( Mahayana ) while SEA were influenced by India and China but I think more from India as its evident in the influence of khmer , thai and laos languange, and buddhism ( Theravada )... remeber the french missionaries and their catholic influence during when vietnam was a colony for a short time.......... lots of catholic viets................

But wouldn't Indo China be more spefically to the rest of SEA then Vietnam since the country was more influenced by chinese ....... although land is in SEA....


I dont know if viet culture is that much sinid .... is it really that much of differences between the chinese......... I know viets ao dais are really colorful and uses more linens and fabric. as shown in their dresses ............

U still consider Vietnam as SEA even though it has East asian culture....... while located in SEA ..... thats what makes the country very unique from other countries... not sayng were special though....... Its like NEA meets SEA basically ... cuz I think viets are mix of both and that we are the gate between NEA and SEA countries......... I got that from some articles I read long ago

This post has been edited by Viety Cent: Nov 9 2005, 07:47 PM

[Sirikittong]

Yes.

Vietnamese are culturally east asians; very confucian.

However, ethnically speaking. The country of vietnam is a melting pot of different ethnc groups be it cham, khmer krom, tai ethnics (thai/lao people), kinh, ethnic chinese, ameriasians etc.

Vietnamese Kinh are an austroloid/mongoloid people; and are the result of the intermixing of mongolic people and the previous austronesiatic negritos of the region.

Vietnam is truly an interesting nation; with such a complex culture and people. I love it ! I hate the government, but I love the people and the different cultures from south to north vietnam.

Our South East Asian brothers!

[iuol16]

Kingdom of Cambodia

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This post has been edited by iuol16: Nov 9 2005, 08:11 PM

[Viety Cent]

Sirikittong Posted Today, 07:55 PM
  Yes.

Vietnamese are culturally east asians; very confucian.

However, ethnically speaking. The country of vietnam is a melting pot of different ethnc groups be it cham, khmer krom, tai ethnics (thai/lao people), kinh, ethnic chinese, ameriasians etc.

Vietnamese Kinh are an austroloid/mongoloid people; and are the result of the intermixing of mongolic people and the previous austronesiatic negritos of the region.
Vietnam is truly an interesting nation; with such a complex culture and people. I love it ! I hate the government, but I love the people and the different cultures from south to north vietnam. 

Yes definatly we arent very homongenous country with 54 ethnic minoritys... but we still have seperate pure viets as u know as Kinh's , currently the country has 83.5 million people, first largest minority Hoa ( ethnic Chinese ) , second I think the Khmer Krom people....and third not sure tai or tay maybe........

dude wtf is ameriasians ... (IMG:http://www.asiafinest.com/forum/style_emoticons/default/embarassedlaugh.gif) u mean mixed with white people .......

wat no way I dont believe we our mix with negritos I remember there were small remants of negritos in Vietnam long ago but were all extinct before Nam Viet was even created.......... No way are we mixed with negritos do u mean minority groups.............. cuz I sure dont look negritos bro I look viet ( NEA style ) ....... (IMG:http://www.asiafinest.com/forum/style_emoticons/default/embarassedlaugh.gif)

Yes same with me too I luv it too even though I wasn't born there (IMG:http://www.asiafinest.com/forum/style_emoticons/default/icon_redface.gif) ...
I was born in Malaysia during the war though ... went to Canada live there for 15 years now ......... currently studying in university right now ..............

how about u bro where u live?/

I hate the commie government as well and the unjustices they done to minority groups, corruption, etc ........

P.S did u c me on Lac Viet ......... I was there u know (IMG:http://www.asiafinest.com/forum/style_emoticons/default/icon_wink.gif) u should say hi to me there in the introduction

[Sirikittong]

I wasnt saying that the vietnamese people are complete mixed with negrito, what I meant was that our ancestors, intermingled with the pre-existing civilizations such as the cham, which had its own linkage to negritos and the malays of peninsular malaysia/java.

So you're in Canada right now huh? 15 years is a long time to be in dominion of canada, bro. As for me Im 20 years old; studying in the united states for bio/history. lol im a pre-med. What college do you go to, bro?



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I must say, very beautiful picture of the cambodian dance! Angkor wat is supremely magnificent. The beauty of angkor..still is evident...i am amazed. (IMG:http://www.asiafinest.com/forum/style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif)

This post has been edited by Sirikittong: Nov 9 2005, 08:32 PM

[Viety Cent]

I wasnt saying that the vietnamese people are complete mixed with negrito, what I meant was that our ancestors, intermingled with the pre-existing civilizations such as the cham, which had its own linkage to negritos and the malays of peninsular malaysia/java.

So you're in Canada right now huh? 15 years is a long time to be in dominion of canada, bro. As for me Im 20 years old; studying in the united states for bio/history. lol im a pre-med. What college do you go to, bro?



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I must say, very beautiful picture of the cambodian dance! Angkor wat is supremely magnificent. The beauty of angkor..still is evident...i am amazed. (IMG:http://www.asiafinest.com/forum/style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif)

Oh I c......but our ancest as Bai Yeu what the Chinese called it ...........came down to Northern region settled there....... expanded further down where the Cham were at the time

Nguyen Dynasty stated "Expansion to the South"... I know Chams lost their land , however their identity is very evident today they are assimalited into viet culture its evident with influence on our language , culture....did u know the viet president is a cham ethnic ?........... Chams as u said were essiantly from malay descendants... and just mixed with kinh viets u mean right ........... u shouldn't call them negros ...as far they don t like that dark.............

Dang same with me too although Iam not a premed student ....im studying Kinesology and Health Science currenty... goal to graduate apply Med school.... become a surgeon or family doctor ....... and someday come back to my homeland and helped poor kids of the streets , in hosipital, and help watever I can to improve the country ...'


We dont have colleges like the US does dude. In Canada colleges are second lower education for hands on training and experiencs like carpenters or techniancians.. Univeristy in Canada are basically like colleges in the US just different teaching standards basically buts still have same gpa marking, bacholor , master and phd degrees

Im in York University located in Toronto , Ontario Canada ... mainly at York region (IMG:http://www.asiafinest.com/forum/style_emoticons/default/icon_wink.gif)

This post has been edited by Viety Cent: Nov 9 2005, 09:01 PM

[kunomchu]

Kingdom of Cambodia

(IMG:http://www.asian-festival.org/images/pictures/perform2.jpg)

This guy is obviously indian.

LOL that was what i was thinking.

[Sirikittong]

Ah interesting.

This post has been edited by Sirikittong: Sep 1 2006, 10:58 AM

[transtic]

Here's some small pics, from an article I read a while ago, very brief descriptions:

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Blessing dance, dancers shower the audience with fragrant flowers, sort of like a well-wishing thing.

(IMG:http://www.thailander.com/arts/thaidance/images/dhvaravati1.jpg)
Dhvaravati dance, an archaelogical reconstruction inpired from reliefs and carvings.

(IMG:http://www.thailander.com/arts/thaidance/images/srivichai1.jpg)
Sri Vijayan dance, goes back a millenia, influenced southern Thai and Malaysian areas.

(IMG:http://www.thailander.com/arts/thaidance/images/lopburi1.jpg)
Lop Buri dance, an ancient dance dating back to the 11-14th century. Inspired by Angkorian Empire.

(IMG:http://www.thailander.com/arts/thaidance/images/sukhothai1.jpg)
Sukhothai dance, a mixture of ancient Thai and Khmer influences, flourished in the 14-15th century.

(IMG:http://www.thailander.com/arts/thaidance/images/fonleb.jpg)
Fon Leb dance, long fingernails and pastel costumes reflect the beauty and serenity of the Northern Thais.

(IMG:http://www.thailander.com/arts/thaidance/images/fonpan.jpg)
Fon Pan dance, Simple costumes and dances reflect everyday life in the countryside.

(IMG:http://www.thailander.com/arts/thaidance/images/fonmalai.jpg)
Fon Malai, Formal dance, used to welcome important guests.

(IMG:http://www.thailander.com/arts/thaidance/images/fonngeow.jpg)
Fon Ngaew, traditional dance of Northern tribes, usually a welcoming or well-wishing dance.

(IMG:http://www.thailander.com/arts/thaidance/images/chowkhow.jpg)
Rabam Chaw Khaw, from the Lisu tribe, very entertaining and informal.

More after I come home.