Reference : HM-1-3-34

Name of creator(s) : Hans Manndorff

Scope and content : Mae Tho, Tak Province (?) or Baan Na Lao, Chiang Dao (?), Chiang Mai provinve, 1965. New Year Dances around the “new year tree”: the dance is performed around a green tree stuck in the ground. The girls dance in a double row in an outer circle, while the men form a chain as the inner circle. A reed organ player and a lute player are leading the dance. The dance starts in clockwise direction, turns then and continues anti-clockwise direction up to the end.

Extent and medium : Slide