There were stalls full of all sort of products from the various regions, most were packing up when I arrived on Sunday evening. I had been busy all weekend and also missed the ongoing and never ending political debacle that continues in Thailand today.
We have had red shirts, yellow shirts, blue shirts and so forth, the yellow shirts are probably the most recognised as they virtually shut the country down last year when they sieged the airports. They were referred to as ‘terrorists’ by some politicians and police and they are now trying to sue these very people for labeling them terrorist. Really they are pretty close to it by doing something as idiotic as that.
Then the red shirts came out and also were pains in the butt at times, street protests that turned violent and also sadly costing lives at times ensued. I don’t follow any political side in Thailand; each to me is an equal evil.
On Sunday I missed the red shirts staging a protest at the Sunee Grand Hotel as a current government minister was here for the climax of the travel fest. My friend at Life in Rural Thailand took some good pictures and you can see them at this link, redshirt unrest in Ubon.
Anyway, back to the travel fest, I made my way past all the stalls to the 5th floor where a concert was to be held, the reason I was there. But before the main attraction there was still plenty of dancing to be done.
I apologise in advance for the quality of the pictures, they are pretty bad. I was very stupid and left the house in a bit of a rush and the only CF card I had in my camera bag was a small 1GB and that was in the camera. My 8GB and 16GB were in my laptop bag, I had forgotten to put them back into my camera bag after uploading pictures.
So all the pictures I had to take in Jpeg mode and not in RAW imaging where I can edit the quality of the pictures. I was very disappointed with myself as the end results aren’t very good, but I will use for this post.
The first dancers on the stage were from Southern Thailand, there outfits were striking and the dance albeit slow and repetitive elegant.
I actually enjoyed something different from the normal Thai music and dancing I see.
To watch the girls dance in virtually perfect sync as they glided around the stage is always admirable.
Next up were more stunning dancers and outfits, one thing I am usually memorized by are the quality of outfits you always see at these sorts of shows.
The smiles beamed from the dancers the entire time they were on the stage.
After this very traditional and elegant style dancing it was time for some fooling about. It was Thai style time. I thought it was going to be the usually hip shaking and bum wobbling but this wasn’t going to be entirely right.
Out came the lead performer, this is very popular comedy in Thailand, dress a guy as a girl and they lip-sync to some Isaan or hillbilly songs (Barn Nawk).
Throw in a few more boys in skirts who can usually dance better than the real girls and you have a show.
And it got worse, well the outfits that is. This man was stunning in this ensemble.
The head bopping music started and the dancers started to Mor lum dance.
Any of you guys looking for a good Thai girl, she is available. Let me know and I will pass on her details.
Then it was time for a Thai role play. This all centred on the current H1N1 flu. These role plays are also very popular.
I was lost for words at the eminence being emitted by this very stunning lass.
And the mother in the story was simply gorgeous, a real keeper.
The local witch doctor then made an appearance to rid the girl of her swine flu.
Of course the acting was way over the top as it is supposed to be, here the character started to eat chicken soaked in what was meant to be blood. It brought laughter and also eews and arrhs for the crowd.
The shows finally finished and I was then hoping that the main event was not too far away but this wasn’t the case. There was still more singing and dancing to come.
They wanted to keep the punters waiting for the star attraction of the night a little longer.
Brunty
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