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  • Kathakali, Kerala’s Grandiose Dance-Drama

  • Kummatti, Masked Dance-Processions

  • Therukoothu, the Street Theatre of Tamilnadu

  • Chhau, Dances of Eastern India Derived from Martial Arts

  • Mask Performances, the Yaktovil and the Sanni Yakuma

  • The Kolam, a Folk Drama

  • Early Periods

  • Khon, “The Masked Pantomime”

  • The Wai Kru Ceremony

  • Phra Lak Phra Lam as a Court Dance-Drama

  • Lakhon Khol

  • Topeng, Mask Theatre

  • The Island of Bali

  • Wayang Wong and Topeng, Forms of Mask Theatre

  • Barong, Rangda, and Calonarang

  • Regional Operas

  • Talchum, Mask Theatre and Satirical Folk Dances

  • Dance and Theatre in the History of Japan

  • Gigaku, Buddhist Mask Theatre

  • Noh, Crystallised Aesthetics

  • Kyogen, Farces about Human Life

  • Kabuki, Theatre as Spectacle