`Dances in the manner of the other people` and the way of educating minority cultures in Laos.

• Main Author: Jaehnichen, Gisa
• Other Authors: Nor, Anis
• Format: Book Section
• Language: English
• Published: Cultural Centre University of Malaya & National Department for Culture and Arts 2013
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/26338/
• Institution: Universiti Putra Malaysia

Dancing in the manner of the other people requires at least some knowledge on the otherness of those people’s culture. In Laos, the other people are subsumed under the title “sonphau”, which means “tribes” or – with some good will – “people”. Using the term sonphau competes with the politically stan...