An Analytical Study of Value of Danakhankhow Customer in Lanna

Abstract

This research of the Analytical Study of the Values of Dana Khankhau Tradition in Lanna of 3 objectives, namely: 1)  To study the concept of development of Dana Khankhau Tradition in Lanna 2) To study the method how to promote and preserve Dana Khankhau Tradition in Lanna and 3) To study the value of Dana Khankhau Tradition in Lanna. This research is a qualitative one by studying the documents and the deep interviews. The methodology adopted in the present study is the interpretation and the analyzation.

From the study, it found that the Dana Khankhau. Tradition in Lanna is a tradition of all the people in the north of Thailand which has been inherited for a long time. Most people like to do Dana Khankhau in the Buddhist Day or the important day in Buddhism such as the first day of the Buddhist Lent, the end of the Buddhist Lent, the SongKran Festival Day and the birthday. On these days, the people will bring food for offering to the Buddhist monks at the temple for dedicating merits to the parents, the relatives and the enemies from a former lives. It is to preserve the ment about the gratefulness to ancestors which out the teaching method of study, but it is the method which the adult will practice to be example for the younger generations.

In term of the promotion and the presentation the Dana Khankhau Tradition in Lanna, it is found that it is of the most importance to Buddhism, to oneself and to other persons. The Dana is really the basis of Buddhism, destroys the defilements and helps others. It also couldestablish friendship promote the tradition to be the identity of Lanna people and also to cooperate the spread the Buddhist Dhamma teaching to the general people.

From the value of the Dana Khankhau Tradition in Lanna it is found that, it is a tradition that is practised for a long time, the feet of which has reflected the influence of Buddhism to Thai societies and It shows that the Thai people are interested in maintaining Buddhism. This tradition is still the identity of the value of Lanna which is a good behavior, not to harm other. It is the training the people to know the word of giving thing to other. It is also a method that brings the people to come to the community and the way of life in the societies. In addition, this tradition is a very obliged to the well-being of the people in the Lanna communities. This fact will help the people development their mind and build up the faith in the tradition of Lanna which shows of the gave to gratitude to the benefactors to who are the earliest teachers as be their parents.