CULTURAL IDENTITY OF KUI LIFE STYLE IN SISAKET PROVINCE

Abstract

The purposes of this article are to examine the cultural identity of the Kui people in Sisaket Province and to analyze the tradition and life style of the Kui people. It is documentary and presented with descriptive analytics. The results of the study are as follows: 1. The cultural Identity of the Kui people had various dimensions such as language cultures, rituals, traditions, beliefs, local that has accumulated and been carried on since the very old time. Everything the people thought up on their own and implemented in problem-solving was the technique in wide and deep constructionism by using the existing potentials in problem-solving and in living the local life style fit to every era 2. The analysis life style of the Kui people in Sisaket Province was found that the Kui people believed in Buddhism simultaneously to the belief in ghosts, giving rise to their own wisdom. Furthermore, they believed in 2 specific ghost spirits: the grandfather ghost and ancestor ghosts in the family line. The belief in Brahminism and superstition is a general belief in the power of spells, witchcraft or the power of sacred beings, amulets and talisman, of which purposes are Iuck, fortune, victory, happiness, life safety and healing the sick etc.