Thailand: Local people watch a Likay (popular folk theatre) performance, Phuket, southern Thailand

Likay is a form of popular folk theatre from Thailand. Its uniqueness is found in the combination of extravagant costumes with barely equipped stages and vaguely determined storylines, so that the performances depend mainly on the actors’ skills of improvisation and the audiences’ imagination.

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Photographer:

Rainer Krack

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Pictures From Asia