Watch Nang Yai Shadow Play at Wat Khanon Nang Yai Museum

Every Saturday at 10 AM and Sunday at 11 AM, you can catch a free Nang Yai show at Wat Khanon Nang Yai Museum which is a traditional shadow play where several puppets made from painted buffalo hide are controlled by a puppeteer against an illuminated white background while the story is narrated through folk songs and traditional music. Nang Yai is a traditional way in which the Thai people kept themselves entertained way back before the industrial revolution and Wat Khanon Nang Yai Museum plans to preserve this lost art by running free shows for tourists as well as preserving and showcasing some of the most stunning painted buffalo hide puppets in the country.

Visiting Wat Khanon Nang Yai Museum and catching the play is a great way to witness something that is part of the Thai culture that you can no longer see in real life anymore. The play itself is narrated in Thai but even if you do not understand it, you will definitely appreciate the effort the puppeteers put into narrating the story as well as the local musicians that kept the show going. Best of all, it is free of charge, both the play and the museum, as long as you are there either at 10 AM on a Saturday or 11 AM on Sunday.