A Study of the Quality Cultural environment in the Mon Community Sam Khok District, Pathum Thani Province

Abstract

The purposes of this research were to; 1) investigate the context of the cultural environment in Mon Community, Sam Khok District, Pathum Thani Province, and 2) investigate the quality of the cultural environment in Mon Community, Sam Khok District, Pathum Thani Province. The cultural environment of the Mon Community and the schools surrounding the sites in Sam Khok District, Pathum Thani Province, has been designated as the study area by the researcher. The sample was drawn from 26 temple-type cultural environment in Mon communities and schools near Mon temples. The instrument used in the research was the quality assessment of the cultural environment in the Mon Community, Sam Khok District, Pathum Thani Province, which was developed by the researcher and applied to the standard for the quality of the natural environment and the cultural environment in the old town, as well as the standard for the quality of the cultural environment in traditional communities. The researcher has collected data from the evaluation results of five participants involved in the cultural environment: community leaders, local philosophers, the leader of the monks in the cultural environment, executives of subdistrict administrative organizations, and people involved in the cultural environment. Furthermore, the data was analyzed to assess the quality of the cultural environment in the Mon community area. The obtained scores were compared to the criteria used to assess the quality of the cultural environment in the Mon community area.
The research results found that: The study found that the cultural environment in the Mon community area, Sam Khok District, Pathum Thani Province, consisting of Mon temple type, has three important indicators: Hongsa poles with centipede flags, Raman-style pagodas or swan statues, and Mon script on temple name plates. In addition, the study found that six cultural sites and schools in Sam Khok District, Pathum Thani Province, had good quality scores for the cultural environment in the Mon community. There are four sites that can be ranked from highest to lowest as follows: Wat Sakae, Wat Tai Koh Yai, Wat Chan Ka Pho, and Bang Toei Nok Temple, respectively. There are 2 sites with quality scores at a moderate level, namely Song Phi Nong Temple and Metharang Temple, respectively.