Khon Masked Dance at Sala Chalermkrung Theater

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Khon is Thailand’s classical masked dance that is one of the most refined performing arts, originally limited to the royal court. Performances are extremely expensive to produce, require lavish costumes, highly crafted masks and headgear. The stage accessories require highly skilled craftsmen to create them.

Location

66 Sala Chalermkrung, Charoenkrung Road, Bangkok 10600

Direction

Take bus routes 12, 48, 508

Highlights

The scenes performed in traditional Khon taken from the Ramakien, the episodes in Thai literature based on the Indian epic of classical mythology the Ramayana that greatly influenced the literature of almost all nations in Southeast Asia
Khon at Sala Chalermkrung has been performed in many episodes, such as Hanuman the Mighty

Open Hrs.

Khon Performance on Fri-Sat at 7.30 pm.

Fee

Ticket: 1,000 baht and 1,200 baht

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