Two great performing arts traditions survive in Laos - the rich and diverse folk heritage of the lam or khap call-and-response folk song and its popular theatrical derivative lam luang and the graceful classical music and dance (natasinh) of the former royal courts. Underpinning both of these traditions is the unique and haunting sound of the Lao national instrument, the khene.

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