LAKHON BASAC ( ល្ខោនបាសាក់)

LAKHON BASAC

Dr. Jukka O. Miettinen of the Theater Academy Helsinki wrote: “The classical traditions of Asian nation square measure, to an excellent extent, associate degree integral a part of the Indian-influenced court culture of South-East Asia. On the opposite hand, lakhon bassac, the favored theater of Asian nation, bears sturdy Vietnamese and Chinese influences as a results of the shut contacts between Asian nation and southern Vietnam throughout the amount of French colonial rule. [Source:Dr. Jukka O. Miettinen,Asian ancient Theater and Dance, Theater Academy Helsinki ]

Lakhon bassac may be a variety of spoken and sung theater in the midst of each Vietnamese/Chinese-influenced music and Cambodian music. generally even Western instruments square measure enclosed. The acting is commonly makeshift, whereas Cambodian classical dance gestures and poses square measure enclosed within the dance scenes.

The stories square measure performed within the sort of romantic comedy with extra parts of farce. The plots might traumatize legendary and historical themes or themes from the Buddhist Jataka stories. Vietnamese and Chinese stories are used. Earlier, performances may last as several as six nights. there have been tens of lakhon bassac troupes playing everywhere the country before the start of the unrest of the first Nineteen Seventies.