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**The Early Years: Art, Literature & Music**  **[|Art:]** ** - Sculptures ; based on the Thai god Buddha. . ** + Traditional Thai dolls; made to look like the person they were made for, culture symbol. - Paintings ; Two dimensional, painted with no sense of perspective. - Ban Chiang was the main spot for all Thai ceramic art.
 * + Mix of Chinese, Burmese, Hindu, and Khmer influences. **
 * + Best pieces of work were viewed in Buddha temples.

__ [|Literature:] __ - Traditional ; mostly all literature was based on religion written in verse form. + Written by mainly royalty. + //Ramakian// - the Thai version of Ramayana. Written by King Rama the first.

__Music:__ - Traditional Music & Instruments ; + Klong Thap (Persian origin) **  + Klong Kaek (Indonesean origin) + Jakhe (Indian origin)** + Luk Thung + Mor Ian + Kantrum** media type="youtube" key="InftPD_ah-c" height="285" width="340"
 * + Klong Jin (Chinese origin)
 * - Other styles of music ;

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