Phra Upakhut Procession Culture : Meaning, Role and Background in Ban Pa Do Community, Prasat, Huay Tabtan, SiSaKet Province

Abstract

This article aimed to study the cultural meaning and belief system in Thai Kuoy (Suay) and Laotian in Ban Pa Do community, Prasat, Huay Tabtan, SiSaKet Province having the culture transferring system from generation to generation through Phra Upakhut Procession culture in the occasion of Buddha image welding ceremony at Ban Pa Do community and Bun Pha Wet ceremony which was the important local ceremony. The result found that Phra Upakhut Procession culture had cultural meaning from the community traditional believes such as the faith in Buddhism and spirit. It was the definition for tradition from legend combining with belief. For the belief was the part of socialization process in family and community including the outsiders with house or temple as the center connecting culture and to accumulate people in the activity called ‘Local Culture’. This culture then was another tool presenting the world Kuy (Suay) cultural identity in SiSaKet local area.