รำกลองยาว - Thai tom-tom parade (Ram Klong Yao)

A Dance titled "Thai tom-tom parade (Ram Klong Yao)". This dance was a performance of Yukolthun Arts and Performing. Thai tom-tom parade (Ram Klong Yao) is performed on all festive occasions such as making merit at home, monk ordination ceremonies, weddings and etc. The players can be male or female. The dance is done for fun and relaxation, without any deeper meaning. It can be a dance with bare hands or with cymbals, and without a preconceived plan. Contortions of all kinds can be incorporated into the dance, depending on the performer's creativity. The Long Drum is played throughout the dancing, to provide pulse and excitement, both while stationary or during a procession to celebrate something. Thus, Thai performing arts of the Central Region relate intimately with communal life centred on agricultural work and water, in the context of a socio-economic setting of peace and natural resource abundance.