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Ensembles typically include two singers (mor lam, the same term referring to the genre of music) - one male and one female -, a khaen player (mor khaen), and other instruments including fiddles, flutes and bells.
Music varies widely across Laos, with the lam saravane style being most popular, while the city of Luang Prabang is known for a slow form called khaplam wai.
In the 1960s, Thai lam nu and lam ploen contributed to the development of lamluang, which is a form of loose song and dance, often with narrative lyrics.