A comparative study of the Sandonta traition and the Bun Khao Sak tradition in Surin province

Abstract

In this research, three objectives were purposely made:  1) to study the Sandonta tradition in Surin province, 2) to study the Bun Khao Sak tradition in Surin province and                    3) to the comparative study of the Sandonta tradition and the Bun Khao Sak tradition in Surin province. This research was a qualitative research design. Data were collected using in-depth interviews. Finally, to present the analytic descriptive. 

The research results were found that:

The Sandonta tradition in Surin province, or a ceremony to pay homage to the ancestors of Khmer Thais, is a tradition that has been passed down for more than 1,000 years, according to the belief of beneficence, dedicated to pretentious relatives who passed away. It shows gratitude, benevolence, and respect for their love for the departed. The Boon Khaw Sak tradition in Surin province is tributed to my ancestors and their late relatives, and to deliver the “Khaw Sak,” which was the remainder of the Sangha Ceremony liturgy, went to place it at its fields for the likes of Ta Heak as well.

          In this connection, a comparative study of the Sandonta tradition and Boon Khaw Sak Tradition in Surin province presented only the discussed essential points. In meritorious practice, there are similarities but differences in detail. For the Thai Khmer ethnic group, there are two periods: The period of the small Sat tradition “Ben-Tuch,” the ceremony has been taken place on the fifteenth day of the waxing moon of the tenth lunar month. The period of the big Sat tradition means from the midnight of the fourteenth day of the waxing moon of the tenth lunar month until the midnight of the fifteenth day of the waxing moon of the tenth lunar month. On this day is the big Sat tradition “Ben-Thom” of the Thai Lao ethnic group. However, for the Thai Lao ethnic group, this small Sat tradition has been taken place on the fifteenth day of the waxing moon of the eight-lunar month. Also, the big Sat tradition takes place from the waning moon of the ninth to the fourteenth lunar month, which will be a ceremony throughout the day.