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Thai Khon performances feature heavily gilded ornate masks
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Acting with your face is completely optional when your headgear is entirely covered in gold leaf. In traditional Thai Khon theater, performers wear spectacularly heavy, towering masks that completely obscure their human expressions, forcing them to convey deep emotional turmoil entirely through aggressive posture and hand gestures.
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