Date of Issue : 02 April 2022
Denomination : 3.00 Baht (2 Designs), 5.00 Baht (2 Designs)
Quantity : 400,000 pieces per design
Size : 30 x 40.5 mm. (Vertical)
Designer : Ms. Mayuree Narknisorn (Thailand Post Company Limited)
Printer : T.K.S. Technologies Public Company Limited, Thailand
Printing Process and Colour : Lithography Multi – colour
Sheet Composition : 10 stamps
First Day Cover : 28.00 Baht
Souvenir Sheet : 30.00 Baht
On December 15, 2021, UNESCO has inscribed 'Nora' to be on the Representative List of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. The traditional Thai dance has its roots since the 18th-19th Buddhist Century Era (BCE). Its characteristics are aligned with four of UNESCO's Domains of the Convention: Oral traditions and expressions, performing arts, social practices, rituals and festive events, and traditional craftsmanship.
Nora is a performing art that us popular in Southern Thailand. Its powerful and graceful dance, rooted in fairy tales, legends and folk literature, its complimented with enchanting music and vocal performance in the Southern dialect, which requires great finesse in delivery and response. Representing unique local craftsmanship, the costumes are intricately made with colorful beads, with bird-like wings and tails attached to their waste, as well as long metallic fingernails that curls out from the fingertips.
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