Devine Dance and Music firar Chiang Mai 720 år

Sångerskan som inledde showen, framför affischen.

En affisch lockade mig att se en föreställning vid Faculty of Fine Arts, Chiang Mai University.
Gick dit förutsättningslöst. Och blev storligen imponerad.
En show i nio delar. Blandat teater, dans, sång och kultur. Traditionellt och modernt.
Storslaget och upplyftande.


Denna förklarande texten hittade jag i efterhand:
CHIANG MAI — Northerners will be able to feast on the sights of proud Lanna tradition with three dance performances 5-6 of August.
Talented local artists and alumni from Chiang Mai University’s Faculty of Fine Arts will present traditional and contemporary Neo Lanna performances at “Divine Dance and Music” on the occasion of their hometown’s 720th anniversary. Neo Lanna is the contemporary reimagining of the once-lost traditions of the Lanna kingdom.
“Lanna performing art had once disappeared from Thailand. However, the remaining mural arts, literature and language were the sources for performing artists to redevelop their forms,” said Ronnarong Khampha, a traditional northern and contemporary dancer who’s helped organize the event from its beginning. “Neo Lanna recently has enjoyed a resurgence in the past 30 years to explore the roots of Lanna traditional dance and music in the north, but it is presented in a contemporary form to sustain the Lanna identity.”