Thailand’s ‘khon’ dance added to Unesco heritage list
Unesco added Thailand’s khon (masked dance) to its Intangible Cultural Heritage List on Thursday at a summit in the Mauritius capital of Port Louis.
Several officials from the Culture Ministry and experts from Thailand attended the meeting in Mauritius.
Meanwhile, a similar dance style in Cambodia, called the lakhon khon, was inscribed as an Intangible Cultural Heritage “in need of urgent safeguarding” on Wednesday.
Lakhon khol, a court dance, was added to the Unesco Representative List in 2008.
