Arts 4th Qtr (M)

• Songkran festival - thai new year

  • last for 2-3 days
  • a symbol of cleansing
• Phi ta Khon - ghost festival

  • most colorful festival
• monkey buffet - giving food to the monkeys as appreciation of being their main attraction

  • happens in the town of Lopburi
• Loi Krathong - Festival of lights, where people release lanterns into the water to make a wish

  Krathong - small floating object
• Ubon ratchathani candle festival - stat of buddhist lenten period

  • large wax sculptures
• Yi peng - Happens in Chiang Mai

  • slightly different from Loi krathong
  • it is believed that lanterns will remove bad luck and misfortune
  • for buddhists, it is used to honor buddha or the water goddess
• Japan -

  Shrine's kami - Shrine's deity

  mikoshi - palanquin

  dashi - decorated floats
• Sapporo snow festival - snow in odori park
• Yokote kamakura festival - igloo like houses

  • held in the days leading to bonden festival (mid feb)
  • kamakura - where you sit to pray for luck
• omizutori - burning of torches

  • buddhist religious service
  • used to welcome spring (1st 2 weeks of march)
• Takayama Matsuri - very popular

  • floats are pulled through the town of takayama
• Aoi Matsuri - large parade

  • kyoto palace to kamo shrine
  • autumn (according to sir)
• Jidai Matsuri - covers 1000 years on which covers the time when kyoto was japan's capital
• Kodo Taiko Drum Festival - takes place every summer

  • 3 day outdoor concert

  Taiko Drums - gives off a deep booming resonance
• Kabuki - a traditional form of theatre along with noh and bunraku

  • edo period
  • Intangible cultural heritage (2005)
  • rich in shownmanship (costumes, makeup, outlandish wigs)
• Hanamichi - stage that allows for a dramatic entrance
• Performance:

  Jidaimono - major events in the past

  Sewamono - focused on commoners and towns people

  kesho - kabuki make up

  • oshiroi - rice powder for base
  • kumadori - use of dark colors (red,blue,black,green)
• Noh theatre - the oldest form of theatre

  • 14th century
  • the dual art of noh and kyogen is known as nogaku
  • intangible cultural heritage (2001)
  • combination of sarugaku (chinese) and dengaku (japanese)
• Stage -

  • Performed in a square stage (butai)
• Roles - all are males

  • Shite - lead character
  • Waki - supporting actor
  • Hayashi - musicians
  • jiutai - chorus
  • koken - stage attendants
• Mask and Costume:

  • mask - the shite wears a mask that tells the audience what kind of character is portrayed
  • costume - consist of many layers and holding a chukei(fan)
  • Gods, warriors, beautiful women, demons, elderly
• kumadori

  red lines indicate passion, heroism, righteousness and other POSITIVE TRAITS
• Green is for supernatural
• purple for nobility
• blue or black shows jealousy, villainy, and other NEGATIVE TRAITS
• sarugaku - chinese performing arts
• dengaku - japanese dance