Khon
Performance
Sala Chalermkrung Royal Theatre’s Khon Performance for the Grand Palace Tourists
Khon Performance at Sala Chalermkrung Royal Theatre is a show staged to follow the footsteps of His Majesty King Maha Vajiralongkorn Phra Vajiraklaochaoyuhua in preserving and carrying forward the nation’s high art form of classical dance.
Apart from the show, Sala Chalermkrung it self, with a long history of more than five decades, has symbolically been an institute to present the nation’s arts and culture and its true identity.
Through the years, various magnificent performances have been delicately executed for both locals and visitors to experience.
One of the most prestigious performances, Khon, known as the masked dance drama from Thailand, was inscribed by UNESCO on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
in 2018.
Khon
Performance
The performance of Khon at Sala Chalermkrung is carefully carried out to ensure its authenticity in all aspects; the traditional performing details, the related rituals, the high artistic value as Thai heritage and the quality as public entertainment.
Gracefully and concisely preserved, the beauty of the dance moves and body language is accompanied by live traditional music and narrators’ singing on the side. The show is also enhanced by modern stage and visual techniques with English and Chinese subtitles provided throughout.
Khon, Thailand’s high art form of classical dance was conceived by combining at least three ancient types of performance;
the Churning of Naga, the Shadow Play and Karbi-Krabong.
Khon, Thailand’s high art form of classical dance was conceived by combining at least three ancient types of performance;
the Churning of Naga, the Shadow Play and Karbi-Krabong.
Synopsis: Young Hanuman roams into the garden of Phra Uma, Lord Shiva's wife, and picks some fruits to eat without asking permission. Phra Uma deprives Hanuman of his strength.
Only when Rama strokes him from head to tail three times will he be free from her curse. Hanuman meets Rama while travelling and pledges loyalty to him. By stroking him from head to tail three times, Rama revives Hanuman who also brings his troop to pledge their loyalty too.
Rama orders Sugreeva and Hanuman to build a bridge for his army to cross the ocean to Thotsakan’s city Lanka and rescue his abducted wife Sita.
Hanuman finds that Supan Macha and her sea nymphs are working underwater against him.
He manages to make Supan Macha surrender to him and successfully builds the bridge. Rama and Thotsakan move their forces out and the great battle begins.
Visitor information
Foreign tourists who buy tickets to visit the Grand Palace can bring tickets to see the Khon performance at Sala Chalermkrung Royal Theater. There are three 25-minute performances daily, from Monday to Friday, at 1:00 PM, 2:30 PM and 4:00 PM. The Sala Chalermkrung Royal Theatre will be temporarily closed during the period of New Year Festival from December 28, 2024 – January 1, 2025
There will be a shuttle bus waiting at Phiman Deves Gate of the palace for a one-way trip to the theatre, leaving 30 minutes before the starting of each performance. Tourists can purchase tickets for the Khon Show only at Sala Chalermkrung Royal Theater at a price of 400 baht per person.
Location
66 Sala Chalermkrung, Charoenkrung Road, Wang Burapha Phirom Subdistrict, Phra Nakhon District, Bangkok 10200
Telephone : +66-2-224-4499
Website : www.salachalermkrung.com
Facebook : www.facebook.com/khon.salachalermkrung
Visitor information
Foreign tourists who buy tickets to visit the Grand Palace can bring tickets to see the Khon performance at Sala Chalermkrung Royal Theater. There are three 25-minute performances daily, from Monday to Friday, at 1:00 PM, 2:30 PM and 4:00 PM. The Sala Chalermkrung Royal Theatre will be temporarily closed during the period of New Year Festival from December 28, 2024 – January 1, 2025
There will be a shuttle bus waiting at Phiman Deves Gate of the palace for a one-way trip to the theatre, leaving 30 minutes before the starting of each performance. Tourists can purchase tickets for the Khon Show only at Sala Chalermkrung Royal Theater at a price of 400 baht per person.
Location
66 Sala Chalermkrung, Charoenkrung Road, Wang Burapha Phirom Subdistrict, Phra Nakhon District, Bangkok 10200
Telephone : +66-2-224-4499
Website : www.salachalermkrung.com
Facebook : www.facebook.com/khon.salachalermkrung
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