After an initial blessing/prayer
they ranged through a variety of dance styles. Some where clearly very traditional and from a royal court setting....
Another, dance-drama was of a Hindu religious epic of Hunaman, Rama and Sita..... or something of the kind (!) .....fascinating to watch anyway!....
The performance also included such fun pieces as the "Coconnut Dance"....as performed by another group here:and a dance-drama telling a romantic tale of hardworking rice farming girls meeting returning fishing trip guys
Later in the day I was enthralled by the throat-singing of the group "AltaiKAI" from the Republic of Altai, ( near the Chinese/ Mongolian/Russian border region)
Two examples of the style:
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