khon
See also: khôn and khön
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Thai โขน (kǒon).
Noun
khon (uncountable)
- A Thai form of dance with music and narration.
- 2007 November 9, Jennifer Dunning, “Hear Them Talk and See Them Dance, Then Watch Their Cultures Clash”, in New York Times:
- But he has found his perfect complement in Mr. Klunchun, a practitioner of khon, a form of classical Thai masked dance, who wanders serenely with Mr. Bel through a series of cultural collisions until the gentle cataclysm that suddenly and amusingly ends the conversation.
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Anagrams
- Kohn, honk