Molam's mass movement
‘Molam can’t be tamed,” so the old saying goes. The years have certainly proven this true. From now until the end of March next year, the Jim Thompson Art Center presents “Joyful Khaen, Joyful Dance”, an exhibition tracing the development of molam from its ritualistic roots in Isan, through its passage as anti-communism propaganda, to its current place in pop culture, where the once rural music is…