Nang Talung

Nang Talung (Thai: หนังตะลุง|หนังตะลุง) Nang Talung is a shadow puppet and old culture shows from the south of Thailand. Similar arts are found in Cambodia, Myanmar, Malaysia, and Indonesia.Nang literally means skin or hide, and in common usage refers to a dance-drama shadow puppet show. Nang Talung means "small shadow puppet" show, while Nang Yai means "large shadow puppet". The Nang Yai features life size puppets, while Nang Talung puppets are much smaller.

The people in southern Thailand make their puppets out of leather. It has a size between 15 and 50 centimeters. The performance consists of the puppet, the narrator, the actor, and the musician. The actor and the audience are split by a white screen when performing a show, that is distinct from other puppet shows.

Nang Talung has been extremely popular for a long time. On the other hand, Nang Talung is slowly disappearing because it is complicated. Presently, there is a campaign to preserve the heritage of art of shadow play to remain forever.

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