PRASAT MICHAI: HISTORY AND VALUES TO THE BUDDHIST WAY OF LIFE IN SANGKHA DISTRICT, SURIN PROVINCE

Abstract

Prasat Michai or Prasat Muenchai was built around the 15^th century B.C. during the reign of Jayaraman in the Ancient Pre Rup Khem-Art era. The castle is an “Arogayasala” or hospital for old-fashioned people to stay. The way of life of the Buddhists in Sangkha district, Surin province, is a local social bond with marriage intertwining, which will be Guo, Khmer, and Lao, consequently making it multicultural and traditional. Prasat Michai’s values for the life of Buddhists in four dimensions are: 1) Physical value: Being treated at “Arogayasala”, people recover from illness. Strengthening the body to affect your heart, 2) Psychological value: Being on the bloom to recover can be considered a mental, reliant, or psychologically entrenched drug, as well as the perception of the mental beauty of Ten ThousandChai Castle art, 3) Value of harmony: The community is ready to hold annual tribute traditions every year, and 4) community arts and culture preservation values: not putting rubble or soil in its possession. The tribute ceremony is held on the 9^th day of the 9^th day of every year to preserve the heritage of community arts and culture for future generations to study the backgrounds of their ancestors and their roots. Therefore, this article sets out three main presentation objectives: 1) Study the history and history of Prasat Michai. 2) to study the way of life of the Buddhists in Sangkha district, Surin province, and 3) to study the values of Prasat Michai to the Buddhist way of life in Sangkha district, Surin province. Documentaries and Indebt interview were used. Finally, presented by analytical depictive method.