<span style="color: #222222;">The Culture Department of Uttar Pradesh government is going to organise the country's first training and performance programme of world famous KHON (???) Ramlila, a masked form of Ramlila art of Thailand in collaboration with Thai government. Artists, who will get training from experts of Thailand as part of cultural exchange programme between two nations, will perform at Grand Deepotsav function which will be organised on 26th of this month in Ayodhya.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">KHON Ramlila of Thailand is included in the list of UNESCO's Intangible cultural heritage and it's a form of masked dance depicting the scenes of Ramlila. It has no dialogues and background voices narrate the whole story of Ramayana. KHON Ramlila's performance is also a visual delight famous for its beautiful attire and golden masks. Gaurav Pathak, In Charge of regional cultural center in Lucknow told AIR that a group of officials of culture department of Thailand government and experts of KHON Ramlila will be reaching Lucknow tomorrow and they will train 15 Indian artists in this form of ancient Ramlila for one week. The trained artists will perform at Deepotsav in Ayodhya and later in the other parts of country also. </span><br />