Tourism of Phi Ta Khon Festival: Voyage of Marginal Spirit to Public World and Social Space of Dan Sai People in Context of Tourism Industry

Tourism of Phi Ta Khon Festival: Voyage of Marginal Spirit to Public World and Social Space of Dan Sai People in Context of Tourism Industry

Authors

  • Nopphon Kaengjampa Department of History, Faculty of Humanity and Social Sciences, MahaSarakham University

Keywords:

Phi Ta Khon, Dan Sai, Tourism, Social Space

Abstract

    This article aims to explain change of Phi Ta Khon tradition of Dan Sai District, Loei Province and definition of social space and Identity of Dan Sai people on Phi Ta Khon festival. The qualitative approach was applied. Data was collected by means of depth interviews and documentary analysis, and presented by descriptive
analysis. The results of the study found that; since 1977 late, Phi Ta Khon has changed from the animism and Buddhism based rituals of peasant society’s ways of life to be an activity to support tourism. Phi Ta Khon ritual was offered to be a prominently important tradition and to show off to increasable tourism activities. However, in context of tourism industry of Thailand, Dan Sai people were received this opportunity to present their local identity and culture to society as a whole by defining and promoting the social status of their localities from the marginal city to become a tourism space. This phenomenon has indicated that despite the government's tourism promotion policy has the power to dominate people in the country but local people
can use this policy as bargaining tool as well.

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Published

2019-09-10

Issue

Vol. 10 No. 2 (2019): July - December

Section

บทความวิชาการ (Academic Article)