Khon: Churning of the Milk Ocean 🇹🇭

Khon Masked Dance

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CHURNING OF THE MILK OCEAN

กวนเกษียรสมุทร

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Pictures from 'The 4th Ayutthaya KHON Festival 2023' at Ayutthaya Historical Park, Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya Province

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Influenced by a famous scene of Samudra Manthan (समुद्र मंथन) from Puranas (Hindu literature from India), the scene composes of ASURAS (อสูร) and DEVAS (เทพ) cooperated to churn the sea in order to extract the elixir of immortality (น้ำอมฤต) by holding each end of VASUKI (พญาวาสุกรี: the 3-headed naga) which coils itself around the Mount Mandara (มันทรคีรี) with dancing VISHNU (พระวิษณุ หรือพระนารายณ์) on the top and his incarnate turtle at the bottom providing support and balance.

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Credit: Ayutthaya Tourism and Sports

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