Thailand attracts visitors with shadow puppet festival

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Thailand attracts visitors with shadow puppet festival

STORY: Thailand attracts visitors with shadow puppet festival DATELINE: Sept. 11, 2022 LENGTH: 0:03:02 LOCATION: Bangkok CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of shadow puppet festival STORYLINE: Hundreds of performers and visitors gathered Saturday night at a shadow puppet show in central Thailand, although it was intermittent due to heavy rain. The three-day event, which runs until Sunday, is aimed at showcasing the traditional shadow puppetry art through a series of activities, exhibitions, and seminars, while promoting Phetchaburi province as a tourist destination. The grand opening was held Saturday evening at King Mongkut Memorial Park with a parade, shadow puppetry exhibitions and different sorts of shadow puppet performances. Artists from Thailand, Malaysia, India and other countries and regions brought their unique puppet shows to the event. A traditional Thai shadow play form, named Nang Yai, was popular among viewers. Unlike other shadow puppet forms, performers of Nang Yai

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