CULTURAL PRACTICES LEAD TO SELF-RELIANCE DEVELOPMENT ACCORDING TO THE SOCIAL GEOGRAPHY OF THE PHU THAI PEOPLE IN KHAO WONG COMMUNITY, KALASIN PROVICE.
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Cultural way, Sustainable Development, The Immunized communityAbstract
The research aimed to study the social landscape of the way of life and cultural values, beliefs, and faith in the development of the quality of life of the Phu Thai people in Khao Wong community, Kalasin province. This is a qualitative research that studied the concepts, social landscape, culture, beliefs, and faith as a research framework. The target group was the people of Ban Nong Samran, Village 9, Khum Kao Subdistrict, Khao Wong District, Kalasin Province, with a total of 113 households. The sample size was set at 20 percent of the population, with a sample of 22 households, with 1 representative per household. A total of 22 samples were obtained. The purposive sampling was used, focusing on the elderly who are respected by the community. The tools used in the study were interviews and group discussions. All data were analyzed for content and discussed descriptively, according to the objectives. It was found that the way of life relies on nature, from soil, water, forests, buildings, living by building relationships with nature that is only remote according to the existing social landscape. They adhere to the Phu Thai culture, which is a medium for conveying the community's imagination, such as Phu Thai dancing, weaving Phraewa silk, weaving hair buns, musical instruments such as pin, khaen, and pong lang, and growing sticky rice that has a unique local fragrance. Registered as GI Khao Wong sticky rice with the belief in the spirits of ancestors, which leads to community participation, unity, and the transmission of Phu Thai cultural arts into the twelve customs perfectly.
Research clearly indicates that the cultural traditions, beliefs and faith of the Khao Wong community, such as the "Long Khaek" activity, are an endless process of mutual assistance, creating interactions with each other, creating a deep and commendable relationship between people and culture. The preservation of traditional customs up until the present is considered to be the Kalasin Khao Wong people, the Phu Thai people are preserving a sustainable way of life.
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