Lam ploen
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Lam ploen is a genre of Laotian
music, deriving from Iser
theater traditions. Since the 1960s and 1970s, lam ploen has become increasingly successful as a popular song genre, divorced from the theater and with the influence of luk thung
singing styles.
Lao people
The Lao are an ethnic subgroup of Tai/Dai in Southeast Asia.-Names:The etymology of the word Lao is uncertain, although it may be related to tribes known as the Ai Lao who appear in Han Dynasty records in China and Vietnam as a people of what is now Yunan Province...
music, deriving from Iser
Iser
The term Iser can mean:* Wolfgang Iser, German literary scholar * The German name for the Jizera river in the Czech Republic* iSER, the iSCSI Extensions for RDMA computer network storage protocol* International Society for Eye Research...
theater traditions. Since the 1960s and 1970s, lam ploen has become increasingly successful as a popular song genre, divorced from the theater and with the influence of luk thung
Luk thung
Luk Thung refers to the most popular form of a style of music found in Thailand. The term is short for pleng luk thung .Luk Thung songs typically reflect the hardship of everyday life among the rural poor. Tempos tend to be slow, and singers use an expressive singing style with a lot of vibrato...
singing styles.