CULTURAL IDENTITY THROUGH THE BOON KLANG BAN TRADITION OF THE THAI PUAN COMMUNITY DONG KRATHONG YAM SUBDISTRICT SI MAHA PHOT DISTRICT PRACHINBURI PROVINCE

Abstract

The objective of this research was to study cultural identity through the merit-making tradition of the Thai Phuan community. Dong Krathong Yam Subdistrict Si Maha Phot District Prachinburi Province To create video media about the tradition of making merit in the middle of the house of the Thai Phuan community. Dong Krathong Yam Subdistrict Si Maha Phot District Prachinburi Province and to assess the quality of the video media on the merit-making tradition of the Thai Phuan community. Dong Krathong Yam Subdistrict Si Maha Phot District Prachinburi Province.

          The results of the research found that from the concept of cultural ecology theory Can be used to explain the differences in the form of the merit-making ritual in the home of the Puan people of Ban Dong Krathayam. where natural materials surrounding the community, such as thatch, are used to build houses Facilities for living Leading to its application in the traditional culture of Bun Klang Baan. By braiding grass into a rope to use as a holy cord according to the general merit-making ceremony in the middle of the house of the Puan people. As a result, the Bun Klang Baan tradition is detailed and meticulous in its organization. The beauty of thatch grass being woven into a rope. They were strung around the houses and between each house, meeting in the middle of the village. It has become a social identity that is expressed by the Thai Phuan people of Ban Dong Krathayam through the distinctive merit-making ceremony of the Ban Klang Ban tradition of the Thai Phuan people of Ban Dong Krathayam according to identity theory.