THAILAND'S PIPHAT

What is the meaning of "PI' in piphat?

• To play music

• Development of Thai music

• Double-reed instrument

• Interlocking and polyphonic stratification

What do you call a type of Piphat that is performed in royal ceremonies and commoners rites such as house-warming, ordination ceremony, and religious festivals?

• Piphat Mai Khaeng

• Piphat Mai Nuam

• Piphat Sepha

• Piphat Nang Hong

Bamboo Puppet Theater

• Nang Yai

• Khon

• Lakhon

• Hun Krabok

Grand Shadow Puppet Spectacle

• Li-ke

• Khon

• Nang Yai

• Hun Krabok

Folk Dance Drama

• Li-ke

• Lakhon

• Khon

• Nang Yai

Mask Dance Drama

• Hun Krabok

• Li-ke

• Nang Yai

• Khon

It is one of the type of Piphat that drives the rhythmic pattern while the ensemble accompanies the Sepha singing in the Lakhon Sepha performance or in music concerts.

• Piphat Mai Nuam

• Piphat Sepha

• Piphat Nang Hong

• Piphat Duek Dam Ban

Dance Drama in Thailand

• Lakhon

• Hun Krabok

• Nang Yai

• Khon

What do you call the combination of Piphat and Bua Loi ensembles?

• Piphat Sepha

• Piphat Duek Dam Ban

• Piphat Nang Hong

• Piphat Mon

This type of Piphat is performed at festivals and ceremonies of the Mon Thai people including Li-ke performances.

• Piphat Mai Khaeng

• Piphat Mai Nuam

• Piphat Duek Dam Ban

• Piphat Mon