Arts in Southeast Asia Growing as Funding Awareness Grows Too.Reiss, Alvin H
Southeast Asian arts - Malaysian Crafts, Music, Dance: At least three principal cultural influences—Indonesian, Hindu, and Islamic—left their musical marks in Malaysia. The Indonesian influence is seen principally in musical forms, participants, and pa
The term Southeast Asia refers to the huge peninsula of Indochina and the extensive archipelago of what is sometimes called the East Indies. The region can be subdivided into mainland Southeast Asia and insular Southeast Asia. The political units contained in this region are Myanmar (Burma), Thai...
Southeast Asian arts - Philippine Music, Dance, Crafts: Whatever indigenous theatrical forms may have existed in the Philippines, other than tribal epic recitations, were obliterated by the Spanish to facilitate the spread of Christianity. The earliest
In Southeast Asia, winds of change often came as storms. Indian commerce expanded into Southeast Asia in the early centuries of the Common Era and, in spite of its peaceful nature, caused revolutionary changes in the life and culture of the peoples of the region. The Indians would sojourn in...
Southeast Asian arts - Thailand, Laos, Cambodia: Although their individual political histories differ, the music of Thailand, Laos, and Cambodia is almost identical. The musical instruments and forms of this region spring from the same sources: India, th
Southeast Asian arts - Bali, Dance, Music: The rajas of eastern Java retreated before the Muslim invaders during the 16th century and departed to the island of Bali, where they remained. The old Javanese Indianized culture they brought with them survived
Southeast Asian arts - Folk, Rituals, Crafts: The arts of many regions in Southeast Asia remained either untouched or only slightly influenced by the Indianized arts of other regions. Such influence is found especially in regions where the gold trade flo
Southeast Asian arts - Cambodia, Vietnam, Traditions: Paleolithic tools similar to types found in India have been found in Cambodia and Vietnam, and it is possible to trace the movement of population or culture groups, some of whom probably migrated onwa
Southeast Asian arts - Thailand, Laos, Crafts: Archaeology has recovered in central Thailand substantial glimpses of the magnificent early layer of Indianized culture, which includes a religious art that was produced between the 6th and 11th centuries by