Eternal way: A way to Develop the Quality of Life of Local Communities

Abstract

This academic article aims to extract lessons from the Bun Pha Wet tradition, a tradition well-known to senior Isan people. The tradition is steeped in teachings invented by ancestors, fostering the transmission of local knowledge and enabling it to be used as a means of improving the quality of life in local communities. Adherence to the twelve traditions is a practice in line with the 27 Principles of King Rama IX's work. Studies have shown that cultural traditions originate from people as they enter the social landscape. As people settle in each area, they develop imaginations about their social landscape, fostering survival strategies, and recognizing the value of that social landscape. Whether it's ensuring an abundance of food or drought, they must overcome the natural environment and adapt to it. If they can't overcome it, they must adapt to it and adapt to it. This adaptation fosters life patterns and ways of life that have been passed down, eventually transforming it into culture and traditions. The tradition of Bun Pha Wet, what our ancestors wanted to continue and inherit was teaching everyone to come together and work together as a unified community. This fosters unity and teaches children to be good and grateful to their parents. The social context of the Isan people involves making merit and dedicating merit to the deceased. They have wisdom, customs, traditions, culture, community lifestyle, kindness of local people, and care for the environment and natural resources. The results of making merit at Phawet are consistent with the royal duties of His Majesty the King. 1^st. Honesty, integrity, and sincerity; 2^nd. Humility; 4^th. Knowledge, love, and unity; 17^th. Public benefit; 23^th. Participation; and 26^th. Cheerfulness, enthusiasm, vibrancy, and energy. These are all factors for effective work. Care for the environment and natural resources, the desire to conserve nature, forests, and water; the selection of locally available materials and equipment for merit-making ceremonies; the development of professional expertise; the transfer of training, teaching, and learning of handicrafts; the transfer of local wisdom and knowledge; the preservation of water sources; and the cultivation of local plants to enhance merit-making activities. All of these are in line with His Majesty's Principles of Work, 18^th: self-reliance; 19^th: sufficiency economy; 5^th: doing things consistently, like offerings to monks; and 14^th: planting forests in people's hearts. Bamboo is used extensively in the Bun Pha Wet tradition, as decorative containers around the event venue. All kinds of utensils must use bamboo, whether it's logs, nails, weaving, or notches. Therefore, it's an opportunity to show the use of knives, nails, and weaving, and to create imagination by using nails to weave. Himmapan animals, since we can't bring real living mythical animals to join the Vessantara procession, we have to choose to use weaving Himmapan animal puppets instead. This is in line with His Majesty's principles of work, 12^th: frugality, simplicity, and maximum benefit.