Lakhon Bassac
Lakhon Bassac or Lakon Bassak (Khmer: ល្ខោនបាសាក់) is a popular theatre of Cambodia, created by Khmer people near the Bassac River in southern Vietnam at the beginning of the 20th century. It is derived from Chinese opera which explains some of the costumes, modified face painting, musical instrumentations (drums, gongs, chimes, and wood blocks), singing dialogues, acrobatics and fighting. Musically it appears similar to pinpeat versions of Vietnamese cải lương. Dances in Lakhon Bassac are often popularized versions of Lakhon Kbach Boran (Khmer: ល្ខោនក្បាច់បូរាណ), a classical court performance. Repertoires come from Jataka tales and local legends, and sometimes by localizing dramas from China, Vietnam, and France, "such as altering the villains in Vietnamese hát bội from Chinese to Vietnam
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Lakhon Bassac
Lakhon Bassac or Lakon Bassak (Khmer: ល្ខោនបាសាក់) is a popular theatre of Cambodia, created by Khmer people near the Bassac River in southern Vietnam at the beginning of the 20th century. It is derived from Chinese opera which explains some of the costumes, modified face painting, musical instrumentations (drums, gongs, chimes, and wood blocks), singing dialogues, acrobatics and fighting. Musically it appears similar to pinpeat versions of Vietnamese cải lương. Dances in Lakhon Bassac are often popularized versions of Lakhon Kbach Boran (Khmer: ល្ខោនក្បាច់បូរាណ), a classical court performance. Repertoires come from Jataka tales and local legends, and sometimes by localizing dramas from China, Vietnam, and France, "such as altering the villains in Vietnamese hát bội from Chinese to Vietnam
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Lakhon Bassac or Lakon Bassak ...... opted for propaganda purposes.
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Lakhon Bassac or Lakon Bassak ...... át bội from Chinese to Vietnam
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