located in Southeast Asia and is about the size of Utah and Nevada combined. Researchers believe that Thai culture, and especially music culture originated from Southern China. However there are very few legal documents that go back to the early history of their music. There is, however information available about their music system dating back to the Bangkok Period. This provides us with lists of instruments and ensembles they had. We also know that in 1238 the first capital of Siam at the time, Sukhothai
in the early 1900s, and was founded by the early settlers who lived in these countries. Malay dance portrays the customs and culture of the Malays, depicting the nature of the Malay people and their way of life. There are two classifications of traditional Malay Dance, namely Folk Dance and Classical Dance. Malay Dance comprises of 5 basic rhythms and dances, such as Asli, Inang, Masri, Zapin and Ronggeng/Joget. Each genre of has its own distinct range of movement vocabulary inhabited by people from
HEADDRESS Extravagant headpieces have been worn throughout history by numerous cultures. Americans believe that this only unique to Native American tribes. In a recent photo of Nikki Minaj used for promotional purposes she was wearing one of these traditional head pieces. Fans were in an up war over this use of