Thai Dancer at the Thai Food Festival, Royal College Hospital, Chelsea, London, 22/07/01.
This dance is apparently called the RAM MANOHRA BOOCHAYAN ????????? ????????? or RAM NOHRA ???????? for short.
[Thanks to KHUN ???? for the Thai name of the dance].
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Thai dancers at Wat Buddhapadipa ???????? temple, Wimbledon, London, 18/06/06.
Traditional Thai dancing set to Mark Isham's dreamy theme 'Flames', from the 2004 film Crash.
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Thai dancers at the Songran Festival, Wat Buddhapadipa ????????, Wimbledon, London, 16/04/06.
The song is Amazing Thailand by "Norng Thaen" Tanya SueSantisuk "???????" ????? ????????????, who was Miss Thailand in 1997.
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Dancers at the Amazing Thailand celebrations, Sanaam Luang, Bangkok, Thailand, 4th January, 1998 (extended version).
Apparently this dance is called the RA-BAM RAWNG NGENG ???????????, and is a muslim dance originating in Southern Thailand.
[Thanks to KHUN BOW ???? for the name of the dance].
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Thai LIKAY ???? Dancer, SANAAM LUANG ????????, Bangkok, Thailand, 13/12/98.
Old meets new. Traditional Thai dance set amidst the roar of Bangkok traffic and a haunting melody.
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Cute Thai girl dancer in gold lamé dress dances to a mournful (if slightly off-key) Luk Thung song at the Loi Gratong ???????? celebrations, KHLAWNG LAWT ????????, Banglamphoo ???????, Bangkok, Thailand, 22/11/99.
Young girl dancers in traditional Thai costume pose for the camera between dances at a Buriram school festival.
The music is called Malangpu.
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Young MUAY Thai boxers in Buriram Town, Thailand, 31/10/01.
During LOI KRATONG ???????? celebrations in Buriram I came across some MUAY Thai ?????? boxing taking place as part of the festivities. One of the fights involved these two fighters, who looked no more than young boys.
They do seem to start their MUAY THAI boxing careers rather early in Isaan!
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Procession, Buriram Town, Thailand, 10/11/99.
I'm not really sure what this was in celebration of; maybe it has some Chinese influence.
Answers on a postcard!
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Downpour and small flood in Sukhumwit Rd, Bangkok, Thailand, 14/10/99.
The building noise you can hear in the background is the construction of the Bangkok Skytrain ???????, which continued night and day until it opened on 05/12/99.
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