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Ampai Tiranasar, Ph.D. Dept. of Art, Music, and Dance Education, Faculty of Education,

Appreciating Lai Thai from Exemplars. Figure 2:. Torapee. Ampai Tiranasar, Ph.D. Dept. of Art, Music, and Dance Education, Faculty of Education, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand Email: ampai.ti@chula.ac.th.

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Ampai Tiranasar, Ph.D. Dept. of Art, Music, and Dance Education, Faculty of Education,

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  1. Appreciating Lai Thai from Exemplars Figure 2: Torapee Ampai Tiranasar, Ph.D. Dept. of Art, Music, and Dance Education, Faculty of Education, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand Email: ampai.ti@chula.ac.th This presentation is designed to accompany the chapter “Lai Thai: A Closer Look at Intriguing Thai Ornaments” in the NAEA publication: Teaching Asian Art: Content, Context, and Pedagogy.

  2. Torapee The mythical story shows the buffalo, Torapee , which by its misbehavior caused the death of its father, chief of a large herd of buffaloes. Torapee is attacked by the royal monkey, Palee, the king of the monkeys. The scene shows vigorous force and energy. The commotion created by the furious buffalo shakes the surrounding vegetation so much that a monkey, annoyed and frightened, grins and clings to a branch. Torapee lost the fight because his head and body touched the fruit of a magic plant, Armotee (emblic). The fruit has the power to make him powerless.

  3. The mythical story shows the buffalo, Torapee , which by its misbehavior caused the death of its father, chief of a large herd of buffaloes. Torapee lost the fight because his head and body touched the fruit of a magic plant, Armotee (emblic). The fruit has the power to make him powerless. Palee is the king of the monkeys. Torapee

  4. Another indication of a vigorous fight can be seen at the monkeys’ face expressions and gestures: annoyed and frightened, grinned and cringed to a branch. They tied their tails together. The trees were drawn with curving moving lines to indicate a vigorous fight. Torapee

  5. Lai prachamyam kampoo (lai prachamyam a patternshaped like a diamond with four triangular shapes at the corners; kampoo means the crab’s front legs). The other one is lai bai fai used to create leafs of a magic plant, Armotee (emblic). Torapee Lai Thai

  6. Torapee Since Torapee misbehaved and killed his own father, this story is the origin of calling an ungrateful son or daughter as Luk Torapee (Luk means son/daughter). In Thai people's way of life bun khun is very important. Thai people pay very high gratitude towards their parents. The illustration shows artistic mastery both in observation and in expression, particularly from nature. The artist drew the flowers in their full life cycle starting from budding, partial bloom, full bloom and turning into fruits. If viewers look at the roots and the stems closely, they will see details such as mold, and rotten parts. The gestures of the main characters and the monkeys are exceptionally well drawn in semi-realistic forms.

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