Dance Culture_of_Laos



the national folk dance in laos lam vong. lam vong begins individual using head , hand movements based on buddhist mudras, joined partner, , other couples until crowd forms 3 interconnected , turning circles.


performance based dances royal courts rare, highly symbolic movements , steps female dancers. in 1980s many of royal court dancers luang prabang fled pathet lao government relocate in nashville, tennessee. other traditional performance dances include fon dhab or “sword dance” dance display of men’s martial arts. there number of folk dances popular lao theung , lao sung groups. hmong perform fon bun kin chieng or hmong “new year dance;” khmu have courtship dance known fon pao bang ; red , black tai have bamboo cane dance, , yao known bell , drum dances. there numerous regional , ethnic variations on traditional dances in laos.







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