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    The Thai Lantern Festival involves families and friends gathering on riverbanks to float flowers, candles, and launch sky lanterns during Loy Kratong festival in Chiang Mai. The lanterns symbolize letting go of bad luck. In contrast, the Japan Kodo Taiko Drum Festival features a professional troupe that performs creative music using taiko drums to encourage meditation through soft or energetic sounds on Sado Island.

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    The Thai Lantern Festival involves families and friends gathering on riverbanks to float flowers, candles, and launch sky lanterns during Loy Kratong festival in Chiang Mai. The lanterns symbolize letting go of bad luck. In contrast, the Japan Kodo Taiko Drum Festival features a professional troupe that performs creative music using taiko drums to encourage meditation through soft or energetic sounds on Sado Island.

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    FESTIVALS AND

    THEATRICAL
    FORMS OF ASIA
    Presented by: RICA E. SILVOSA
    CHARACTERISTIC OF THE THAI LANTERN FESTIVAL

    Thai Lantern Festivals take place during the


    festival of Loy Kratong in Chiang Mai. In this
    festival, family members, lovers, and friends
    gather on the riverbanks to float flowers and
    candles. They also launch fireworks and
    release Thai lanterns at the same time. The
    Thais believes that bad luck will fly away with
    lanterns.
    Materials for sky lantern: oiled rice paper or
    lightweight papers, bamboo frame
    For hot air: a small candle or waxy combustible
    material lit
    The offering of lanterns has a religious history.
    the festival of lanterns was based on the beliefs
    of Brahmanism. It is said to symbolize
    knowledge or light that guides them on the
    right path to follow in life. This ceremony
    highlights the people’s belief that their effort in
    creating artistic and durable lanterns offered at
    the temples will make their wish come true.
    JAPAN KODO TAIKO DRUM FESTIVAL

    The Japanese word kodo could refer


    to both a “heartbeat” (ko-heart/do-
    rhythm). Taiko music in Japan is
    based on a strong tradition that
    encourages meditation by means of
    its soft sound or highly energetic
    sounds.
    The Japan Kodo group is a professional
    troupe of taiko drummers based in sado island
    in Japan. They are popular because of their
    creative and compelling music using taiko
    drums.
    MODERN TAIKO ENSEMBLE

    As of May 2014, there are 32 performing


    members (26 men, 6 women) in kodo and 28
    staff members involved in Kitamaesen and
    Otodaiku. Members of the ensemble play
    drums of vaerious sizes and pitches. They are
    also popular for their costume of wearing only
    a loin-cloth. This loin-cloth or fundoshi in
    Japanese adds to the masculinity of the group’s
    performance.
    QUESTION:

    1. What is the difference between the


    Thailand Festival and Japan Festival?
    (3-5 sentences)

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