Stories behind the faces
published : 14 Dec 2020 at 04:30
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While Bunditpatanasilpa Institute s khon troupe is touring the country as part of a new show featuring an episode of The Mighty King Rama Of Solar Dynasty, the Queen s Gallery is celebrating world-renowned Thai craftsmanship and traditional performing arts with the Khon Mask exhibition, which is on view until this Sunday.
The Khon Mask exhibition combines 93 masterpieces from the King Rama V era to present. Photos: Varuth Hirunyatheb
In 2018, Unesco added khon masked dance to its list of the intangible cultural heritage of humanity. This exhibition is the result of a collective effort by the Thai Khadi Research Institute, Thammasat University and the Department of Cultural Promotion to raise awareness of the value of Thai arts, a feature that has been passed down generation to generation.
and welcome back. we are back with general cisco of the military warrior support foundation and joining us is tony wissanski who was hurt in october of 2006 when a grenade was thrown at his humvee. tract europed his skull and penetrated his chest. and you now suffers from hearing loss and requires glasses and brain damage and suffering from ptsd. but tony and his wife amy and in the audience their daughter amy and they have a special needs son named hugh who was not able to make it to new york today. now you have applied for support from the wounded warrior foundation. how did you hear about it? governor, it was from word of mouth. we keep in touch with several others in the wounded warrior community and they told us about the support foundation and they