ARTS

Loi Krathong

Festival of Lights in Thailand

krathong

a float made with banana plant and is shaped like a lotus wherein candle, incense and flower are placed inside

Khom Loi

sky lantern that made of rice paper stretched over a bamboo frame with a candle attached at the base, and is believed to send bad luck away

Kodo Taiko

a 3-day music festival held in August. Traditional drums are played in a nontraditional way

Niihama Taiko

a harvest festival every Oct 16-18. Big drums are paraded by men

taiko

a barrel-shaped drum

o-daiko

big taiko

chite

taiko drummer

happi coat

jacket

obi

belt

hachimaki

white headband

tabi

shoes with big toe separated

Chinese New Year

A secular holiday, yet it includes rituals and traditions that derive from Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism, as well as from ancient myths and folk religions. To celebrate the coming of the new year and wish for it to be a prosperous one

Chúxī

New Year’s Eve Dinner

Ang Pao

envelope of money

Tikoy

sticky glutinous rice

Firecrackers

to scare evil spirits

Dragon

represents prosperity and luck

Diwali

Festival of Lights in India. Celebrated around October or November for 5 days, on the 15^th day of the 8^th month of the Hindu calendar; means “rows of light” - lighting and displaying of lamps.

rangoli

intricate and colorful radial patterns made from colored sand, rice, and flower petals – brings prosperity

Eid al-Fitr

Festival of Breaking the Fast. a 3-day festival that marks the end of the month-long Ramdan, 9^th month of the Islamic calendar

eidiyah

money pocket

Eid al-Adha

Festival of the Sacrifice. 3-day festival celebrated on the 10^th month or the last month of the Islamic calendar to mark the last day of Hajj or the holy pilgrimage to Mecca

Wayang Kulit

shadow puppet from Indonesia

Based on Ramayana and Mahabarata

made of buffalo hide, bamboo sticks

Dalang

Puppeteer for Wayang Kulit

Gamelan Orchestra

Musicians for Wayang Kulit

Kabuki

traditional play from Japan

Jidaimono

historical story in Kabuki

Sewamono

domestic story in Kabuki

Shosagoto

dance-drama story in Kabuki

Kesho

Make-up

oshiroi

white powder

kumadori

colored lines

Peking Opera

traditional play from China

Wenxi

Civil in Peking Opera

Wuxi

Military in Peking Opera

Sheng

Gentlemen

Dan

Women

Jing

Rough Men

Chou

Clown