Paper Title
A Study of Mor-lam Performance in Thailand

Abstract
This article was aimed to synthesize the research studies of Mor-lam in Thailand. The data was obtained from 34 issues of documents and research works including 2 articles and 32 issues of research work and thesis published during 1478 to 2016. The result from the synthesis was found that the studies about Mor-lam can be categorized into 5 issues which were Mor-lam performance and reflection of society, Mor-lam performance focusing on roles, a study of Mor-lam focusing on the Mor-lam singer, a study of Mor-lam focusing on texts and a study of the development and change of Mor-lam. The most popular topics relating to Mor-lam and the reflection of society, while the least popular issue of study is a study of Mor-lam focusing roles. This is because Mor-lam is a kind of entertaining performance which has been existed with Isan people for a long time. It is a so a tool to illustrates Isan lifestyle effectively. Therefore, most of the research works are related to literature focusing on folkloristic, the issue of the reflection of society is the most popular topics for studying. Moreover, the researcher found only few theories applied for synthesis research and this study will be advantageous to fulfill the information regarding Mor-lam performance in more different aspects. Keywords - Mor-lam, Isan society, Local performance, Folklore