Nora Am of Ron Phi bun district, Nakhon Sithammarat, demonstrates a dance step
of the manora before a painted cloth ba~kground . The main parts of the costume
are the crown (soet), beaded shirt (thap suang), trousers, tail (not visible), bracelets,
and pendant cloth banging from the waist. ' The cotton hirt and socks are
recent additio ns to the costume.