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Reason 247:The Khon dance.

(Khon Dance or the masked dance drama is the highest form of dance drama of the six traditional Thai dance forms. The dance consists of four sets of characters, male, female, monkeys and demons with dancers wearing elaborate Khon masks.
This traditional Thai dance is based on the Thai Ramakien drama which was adapted from the Hindu Ramayana epics which had a profound impact on the cultural development of Thailand and several South East Asian countries.)
 
Reason 248: Benjarong pottery.
 

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Reason 250: Nan Province.

Nan or Muang Nan is an ancient town of the Lanna-Thai period founded in 1282 A.D. Governed by 64 different rulers it remained an almost independent kingdom until 1931. Being more than 700 years old Nan town and province has many beautiful temples. Nan province is very mountainous and sparsely populated by Yao, Htin, Hmong and Thai-Lue tribes. The primitive nomadic Mabri
or Phi Tong Luang tribe is still migrating around in few remote forest areas.
 

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