‘Khon’ - the beautiful and mesmerizing masked dance drama of Thailand

Khon is one of Thailand's most important performing arts. The Department of Cultural Promotion, Ministry of Culture in 2009 announced Khon as a national intangible cultural heritage.
An important style of dance and art performance dating back to the Ayutthaya period, Khon has its own identity that combines different fields of art, literature, rituals and crafts. It is also seen as portraying viewpoints, mottos, moral and ethical principles that can be applied in daily life.
Traditionally performed in royal or princely courts and today on a wider scale in educational institutions, schools, villages and other locations throughout Thailand, Khon has been passed down from generation to generation.