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FESTIVALS AN
PRE-ASSESSMENT
•MATCHING TYPE: READ THE FOLLOWING ITEMS CAREFULLY,
THEN MATCH COLUMN A WITH THE CORRECT ANSWER IN
COLUMN B.
 A. NOH G. KABUKI
1. IT IS A LANTERN FESTIVAL B. DHALANG H. WAYANG KULIT

CELEBRATED IN THAILAND, C. MASKS I. BUNRAKU

MOSTLY RECOGNIZED FOR ITS D. YI PENG J. LOY KRATHONG
FLOATING SKY LANTERNS E. PEKING OPERA

KNOWN AS KHOM LOI. F. KODO H. UCHITE

 A. NOH G. KABUKI
2. IT IS A WATER LANTERN
B. DHALANG H. WAYANG KULIT
FESTIVAL, OCCURS ON THE
C. MASKS I. BUNRAKU
EVENING OF THE FULL MOON D. YI PENG J. LOY KRATHONG
DURING THE TWELFTH E. PEKING OPERA
MONTH OF THE THAI LUNAR F. KODO H. UCHITE
CALENDAR.
 A. NOH G. KABUKI
3. IT CONVEYS TWO MEANINGS:
B. DHALANG H. WAYANG KULIT
THE HEARTBEAT AND THE
C. MASKS I. BUNRAKU
CHILDREN OF THE DRUM.
D. YI PENG J. LOY KRATHONG
4. IT IS THE OTHER TERM THAT
E. PEKING OPERA
PERTAINS TO THE TAIKO F. KODO H. UCHITE
DRUMMERS.
 A. NOH G. KABUKI
5. IT INVOLVES ELABORATELY
B. DHALANG H. WAYANG KULIT
DESIGNED COSTUMES, EYE-
C. MASKS I. BUNRAKU
CATCHING MAKE-UP,
D. YI PENG J. LOY KRATHONG
OUTLANDISH WIGS, AND
E. PEKING OPERA
ARGUABLY MOST IMPORTANTLY,
F. KODO H. UCHITE
THE EXAGGERATED ACTIONS
PERFORMED BY THE ACTORS.
 A. NOH G. KABUKI
6. IT IS A JAPANESE WHICH
B. DHALANG H. WAYANG KULIT
THEMES OFTEN RELATE TO
C. MASKS I. BUNRAKU
DREAMS, SUPERNATURAL
D. YI PENG J. LOY KRATHONG
WORLDS, GHOSTS, AND
E. PEKING OPERA
SPIRITS.
F. KODO H. UCHITE
 A. NOH G. KABUKI
7. IT IS AN INDONESIAN FORM OF
B. DHALANG H. WAYANG KULIT
SHADOW PUPPETRY, HOLDS THE
C. MASKS I. BUNRAKU
AUDIENCE'S ATTENTION WITH
D. YI PENG J. LOY KRATHONG
RIVETING STORYLINES
E. PEKING OPERA
EXECUTED MASTERFULLY BY
F. KODO H. UCHITE
PUPPETEERS
 A. NOH G. KABUKI
8. IT IS ANOTHER TERM
B. DHALANG H. WAYANG KULIT
THAT REFERS TO THE C. MASKS I. BUNRAKU
PUPPETEERS OF AN D. YI PENG J. LOY KRATHONG

INDONESIAN THEATE E. PEKING OPERA

F. KODO H. UCHITE
 A. NOH G. KABUKI
9. IT IS STYLIZED ACTION,
B. DHALANG H. WAYANG KULIT
SINGING, DIALOGUE, MIME,
C. MASKS I. BUNRAKU
ACROBATIC FIGHTING AND
D. YI PENG J. LOY KRATHONG
DANCING TO REPRESENT A
E. PEKING OPERA
STORY OR DEPICT DIFFERENT
F. KODO H. UCHITE
CHARACTERS AND THEIR
FEELINGS.
 A. NOH G. KABUKI
10. IT IS ALSO CONSIDERED
B. DHALANG H. WAYANG KULIT
ESSENTIAL TO THE AESTHETIC
C. MASKS I. BUNRAKU
OF BEIJING OPERA ALONGSIDE
D. YI PENG J. LOY KRATHONG
WITH MAKE-UP.
E. PEKING OPERA
F. KODO H. UCHITE
FESTIVALS
• A water lantern festival, occurs on
the evening of the full moon
during the twelfth month of the
thai lunar calendar.
 It is less known to outsiders, but it is a massive
celebration in THAILAND.
 As a local thai woman said, "it is a way to say sorry for
what you do to the river during the rest of the year."
LOY KRATHONG
A lantern festival in
Thailand, is the event most
people recognize for its
floating sky lanterns
known as Khom Loi.

YI PENG
 People come from all over the world to select a khom loi
lantern to release into the sky.

 A khom loi is made of thin tissue paper with a crossed

base, which supports a wax heat source. You have to
break up the wax before lighting it to sustain the flame.
• Often people write a wish on the outside of the lantern, and it
is considered good luck to watch your lantern until it
disappears.

YI PENG
 • A traditional Japanese drum with
limitless rhythmic possibilities.
• Kodo's mission is to explore these
possibilities, and in the process,
forge new directions for a vibrant
living art form.
In Japanese, the word "Kodo" holds a double meaning.
It can be translated as "heartbeat," the primal source of
all rhythm.
TAIKO
• Indeed, the great taiko is thought to be
reminiscent of a mother's heartbeat as felt
from the womb, and babies are often lulled to
sleep by its thunderous vibrations.
• However, if read in a different context, Kodo
can also mean "children of the drum," which
reflects the group's desire to play the drums
with the simple heart of a child.
ASIAN THEATRICAL
FORMS
•Is an art form rich in
showmanship. It involves
elaborately designed
costumes,
eyecatching make-up, outlandish wigs, and,
arguably, the actors' exaggerated actions.

KABUKI
•It is a traditional japanese form of theater with roots
tracing back to the edo period.
•It is recognized as one of japan's three major
classical theaters along with noh and bunraku and has
been named as a UNESCO intangible cultural
heritage.

KABUKI
 •Noh theater in japan is
structured around song and
dance.

•Movement is slow, language is poetic, the tone is

monotonous, and costumes are rich and heavy.

NOH THEATER
•Plots are usually drawn from legend, history, literature,
and contemporary events.
•Themes often relate to dreams, supernatural worlds,
ghosts, and spirits.
•One key element of NOH is the masks that the shite (leading
character) wears.
•They tell the audience what kind of character is being
portrayed.
NOH THEATER
•An Indonesian form of
shadow puppetry, holds the
audience's attention with
riveting storylines
executed masterfully by the
dhalang, or puppeteer.

WAYANG KULIT
•The puppets are made of buffalo
hide and intricately designed,
down to the most minute detail of
costume and color, to help the
audience distinguish between the
different characters.

WAYANG KULIT
 •Is a synthesis of stylized action, singing, dialogue,
mime, acrobatic fighting, and dancing to
represent a story or depict different characters
and their feelings of gladness, anger, sorrow,
happiness, surprise, fear, and sadness.

BEIJING OPERA/PEKING OPERA

•The characters may be loyal or treacherous,
beautiful or ugly, good or bad.
•Their images are always vividly manifested in
bright costumes that show the styles of ancient
china.

BEIJING OPERA/PEKING OPERA

•Make-up and sometimes masks are essential to the
aesthetic of Beijing Opera.
•The colors are rich and depict different characters
using the symbolism of color.
•Black will often represent intelligent characters,
while white indicates wickedness.

BEIJING OPERA/PEKING OPERA

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