{"id":19372,"date":"2014-10-31T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2014-10-31T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/thailand-happiness-music-festival-set-to-celebrate-thai-cultural-heritage-2\/"},"modified":"2014-10-31T08:00:00","modified_gmt":"2014-10-31T08:00:00","slug":"thailand-happiness-music-festival-set-to-celebrate-thai-cultural-heritage-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/2014\/10\/thailand-happiness-music-festival-set-to-celebrate-thai-cultural-heritage-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Thailand Happiness Music Festival set to celebrate Thai cultural heritage"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a data-mce-href=\"http:\/\/www.eglobaltravelmedia.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/unnamed-1814.jpg\" href=\"http:\/\/www.eglobaltravelmedia.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/unnamed-1814.jpg\" style=\"background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', 'Bitstream Charter', Times, serif; font-size: 12.800000190734863px; line-height: 19px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"unnamed (18)\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-518287\" data-mce-selected=\"1\" data-mce-src=\"http:\/\/www.eglobaltravelmedia.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/unnamed-1814.jpg\" data-wp-imgselect=\"1\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/www.eglobaltravelmedia.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/unnamed-1814.jpg\" style=\"float: left; outline: rgb(119, 119, 119) solid 1px; resize: none;\" width=\"150\" \/><\/a><span style=\"background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 19px;\"><span style=\"font-family: inherit;\">The Thailand Happiness Music Festival is set to celebrate one of the kingdom\u2019s most significant cultural heritages from 31 October to 1 November, 2014, at the Ayutthaya Tourist Centre in Ayutthaya province.<\/span><\/span><br \/><span style=\"background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 19px;\"><span style=\"font-family: inherit;\"><br \/><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"color: #333333; line-height: 19px;\"><span style=\"font-family: inherit;\">The Thailand Happiness Music Festival is set to become the centre stage for traditional Thai music from all four regions of Thailand, each&nbsp;featuring the unique musical elements that are influenced by a number of cultures.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #333333; line-height: 19px;\"><span style=\"font-family: inherit;\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #333333; line-height: 19px;\"><span style=\"font-family: inherit;\">Mr. Thawatchai Arunyik, Governor of the Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) said, \u201cThis is a one-of-a- kind festival. It is sure to mesmerise visitors with extraordinary live performances of traditional Thai music, which is pleasant to the ear with its rhythmic tinkling sound. It also emphasises the priceless treasures of Thailand \u2013 the people, the culture and society.\u201d<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #333333; line-height: 19px;\"><span style=\"font-family: inherit;\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #333333; line-height: 19px;\"><a data-mce-href=\"http:\/\/www.eglobaltravelmedia.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/unnamed-1912.jpg\" href=\"http:\/\/www.eglobaltravelmedia.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/unnamed-1912.jpg\"><span style=\"font-family: inherit;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"unnamed (19)\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-518289\" data-mce-src=\"http:\/\/www.eglobaltravelmedia.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/unnamed-1912-300x180.jpg\" height=\"180\" src=\"http:\/\/www.eglobaltravelmedia.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/unnamed-1912-300x180.jpg\" style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" width=\"300\" \/><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #333333; line-height: 19px;\"><span style=\"font-family: inherit;\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #333333; line-height: 19px;\"><span style=\"font-family: inherit;\">Thai musician masters from the North, Central Region, Northeast and South will showcase in a live exhibition all kinds of unique musical instruments (plucked, bowed string, percussion and woodwind instruments); such as,&nbsp;<em>so-duang, so-u<\/em>,&nbsp;<em>ranat<\/em>,&nbsp;<em>pi<\/em>,&nbsp;<em>cha-khe<\/em>,&nbsp;<em>Khae<wbr><\/wbr>n<\/em>,&nbsp;<em>Pong Lang<\/em>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<em>Klong.<\/em><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #333333; line-height: 19px;\"><em><span style=\"font-family: inherit;\"><br \/><\/span><\/em><\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #333333; line-height: 19px;\"><span style=\"font-family: inherit;\">The Festival is scheduled to take place from 16.00-22.00 hrs. Other highlights include a nightly spectacular performance by more than 100 performers showcasing the characters of traditional Thai music from four regions of Thailand, followed by a contemporary music performance and a Thai country music concert or a Thai&nbsp;<em>Likay<\/em>&nbsp;folk drama. The nightly performances start from 18.00 hrs.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', 'Bitstream Charter', Times, serif; font-size: 12.800000190734863px; line-height: 19px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', 'Bitstream Charter', Times, serif; font-size: 12.800000190734863px; line-height: 19px;\"><a data-mce-href=\"http:\/\/www.eglobaltravelmedia.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Emirates-100th-777-300ER-_2_1.jpg\" href=\"http:\/\/www.eglobaltravelmedia.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Emirates-100th-777-300ER-_2_1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"E\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-518291\" data-mce-src=\"http:\/\/www.eglobaltravelmedia.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Emirates-100th-777-300ER-_2_1.jpg\" height=\"183\" src=\"http:\/\/www.eglobaltravelmedia.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Emirates-100th-777-300ER-_2_1.jpg\" style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" width=\"591\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', 'Bitstream Charter', Times, serif; font-size: 12.800000190734863px; line-height: 19px;\"><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.travmedia.com\/\" style=\"clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-JVEl3ST5910\/VFBRpnRekuI\/AAAAAAAAqIY\/SvIEM2wrKLU\/s1600\/travmedia-source.png\" height=\"39\" width=\"320\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p><!-- Facebook Badge START --><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/traveloscopy\" style=\"color: #3b5998; font-family: &quot;lucida grande&quot;,tahoma,verdana,arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;\" target=\"_TOP\" title=\"Traveloscopy\">Traveloscopy<\/a><span style=\"color: #555555; font-family: 'lucida grande',tahoma,verdana,arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 16px; text-decoration: none;\">&nbsp;|&nbsp;<\/span><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/traveloscopy\" target=\"_TOP\" title=\"Traveloscopy\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" class=\"img\" src=\"https:\/\/badge.facebook.com\/badge\/122017117729.7599.1613212988.png\" style=\"border: 0px;\" \/><\/a><!-- Facebook Badge END --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Thailand Happiness Music Festival is set to celebrate one of the kingdom\u2019s most significant cultural heritages from 31 October to 1 November, 2014, at the Ayutthaya Tourist Centre in Ayutthaya province. 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